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Esperanto
Etymology
From German Leder and English leather.
Pronunciation
Noun
ledo (accusative singular ledon, plural ledoj, accusative plural ledojn)
- leather
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ledo (“happy”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Portuguese ledo, Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ledo (feminine leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas)
- happy, joyful
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120:
Agora vaamos ala et façamos o que podermos fazer et nõ aja y outro cõsello mays toda via fazede en guisa que bem çedo de [manãa] seja a villa çercada [per] força ou [per] al ca se nos tomamos Troya, ledos et cõ plazer tornaremos ha nossas terras- Now, let's we go there and do what we can; we won't have another meeting; do anything to have the town sieged early in the morning, forcibly or in any way; because if we take Troy, we'll return happy and pleased to our lands
- Synonym: alegre
Related terms
References
- “ledo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ledo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ledo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ledo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ledo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.do/
- Rhymes: -ɛdo
- Hyphenation: lè‧do
Verb
ledo
- first-person singular present indicative of ledere
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Gaulish.
Pronunciation
Noun
ledō m (genitive ledōnis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) ebb (of the sea)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
See also
References
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin laetus (“happy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ledo m (plural ledos, feminine leda, feminine plural ledas)
- happy
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- Mui ledo ſſe tornou / aſſa tra
- he returned happy to his homeland
Descendants
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ledo (“happy”), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ledo (feminine leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas)
- happy, joyful
- Synonym: alegre
- Antonym: triste
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 3rd canto:
Naquelle engano da alma, ledo & cego, / Que a fortuna não deixa durar muito,- In that happy and blind illusion of the soul, / Which fortune does not allow to endure for long,
Derived terms
Related terms
Swedish
Verb
ledo
- (pre-1940) plural past indicative of lida