leito

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Italian letto, from Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯to/
• Rhymes: -ei̯to
• Syllabification: lei‧to

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. bed

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus. Cognate with Portuguese leito and Spanish lecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlejto/ [ˈlej.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejto
• Hyphenation: lei‧to

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. couch, bed

   Synonym: cama

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Estouche feita un Calabre,
     èas vagoas dos ôllos cán
     à cantos me ben no Leyto:
     aÿ miña Virxen da Paz!

     I'm but a cadaver now,
     And tears fall from the eyes
     Of everyone who see me in bed
     Oh, my Virgin of Peace!

2. (archaic) stretcher
3. riverbed
4. platform of a cart
5. (masonry) bed (lower surface of an ashlar, brick, etc)

References

• “leyto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “leyto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “leito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “leito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “leito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lectus, from Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.to/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tʊ/

Noun

leito m

1. bed

   Synonym: cama

   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 323 (facsimile):

     nẽ niun dano fezeran nẽ eno leito nẽ na meſa nẽ no ſcan^o

     they did no damage to the bed, to the table or to the bench.

Descendants

• Galician: leito
• Portuguese: leito

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "leito"

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate of Spanish lecho, Italian letto and French lit.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.to/ [ˈleɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
• Hyphenation: lei‧to

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. (chiefly Brazil) hospital bed
2. (poetic or archaic) any bed

   Synonym: cama

3. riverbed

   O rio subiu e saiu do leito.

   The river flooded over the riverbed.

Synonyms

• (bed): cama
• (riverbed): álveo

Related terms

• liteira

Etymology 2

Verb

leito

1. first-person singular present indicative of leitar