leituga
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Leitugas 
leitugas (Hypochaeris radicata)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactūca.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga
Noun
leituga f (plural leitugas)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leituga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leituga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leituga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese leituga, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce, wolf's milk”), from lac (“milk”).
Cognate with Galician leituga, Spanish lechuga, Catalan lletuga, French laitue, Italian lattuga and Romanian lăptucă.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga
Noun
leituga f (plural leitugas)
- cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata); smooth cat's ear (Hypochaeris glabra)
- hare lettuce (Sonchus fruticosus and S. pinnatus)
- prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
- European umbrella milkwort (Tolpis barbata)
Related terms
See also
- alface (“lettuce”)