leria

See also: lería

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese léria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɾja̝/

Noun

leria f (plural lerias)

1. claptrap; chat

   Synonym: parola

2. tale; joke; gossip

   Non estou de leria: dime que pasou. ― I'm not in the mood for chatting / jokes: tell me what happened.

   Synonym: conto

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leria”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ri.a/, [ˈɫ̪eːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ri.a/, [ˈlɛːriä]

Noun

lēria n pl (genitive lēriōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) Golden ornaments over a tunic

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	lēria
Genitive	lēriōrum
Dative	lēriīs
Accusative	lēria
Ablative	lēriīs
Vocative	lēria

References

• “leria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• leria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• leria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “leria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “leria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Verb

leria