ler

See also lêr, and -ler

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leːr/, [leːˀɐ̯], [leɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leir.

Noun

ler n (singular definite leret, not used in plural form)

1. clay

See also

• Ler on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

See le (“to laugh”).

Verb

ler

1. present of le

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Galician

Etymology

Contracted from earlier *leer, from Latin legere, present active inifinitive of legō.

Verb

ler (first-person sg present leo, first-person sg preterite lin, past participle lido)

1. to read
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of ler
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of ler

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ler (partially irregular)

infinitive			ler
gerund			lendo
past participle			lido
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	leo	les	le	lemos	ledes	len
	imperfect	lía	lías	lía	liamos	liades	lían
	preterite	lin	liches	leu	lemos	lestes	leron
	pluperfect	lera	leras	lera	leramos	lerades	leran
	future	lerei	lerás	lerá	leremos	leredes	lerán
	conditional	lería	lerías	lería	leriamos	leriades	lerían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	lea	leas	lea	leamos	leades	lean
	preterite	lese	leses	lese	lésemos	lésedes	lesen
	future	ler	leres	ler	lermos	lerdes	leren
imperative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		—	le	—	—	lede	—
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		ler	leres	ler	lermos	lerdes	leren

Related terms

• reler
• trasler

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Lojban

Rafsi

ler

1. rafsi of lerfu.

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Norwegian

Verb

ler

1. present tense of le

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (“I read”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈleɾ/

Verb

ler (first-person singular present indicative leio, past participle lido)

1. to read, to look at and interpret letters or other information that is written
2. to speak from a written book

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb ler

Notes:

• This is an irregular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: ler, reler.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ler
Personal	ler	leres	ler	lermos	lerdes	lerem
Gerund
	lendo
Past participle
Masculine	lido			lidos
Feminine	lida			lidas
Indicative
Present	leio	lês	lê	lemos	ledes	leem Obsolete: lêem
Imperfect	lia	lias	lia	líamos	líeis	liam
Preterite	li	leste	leu	lemos	lestes	leram
Pluperfect	lera	leras	lera	lêramos	lêreis	leram
Future	lerei	lerás	lerá	leremos	lereis	lerão
Conditional	leria	lerias	leria	leríamos	leríeis	leriam
Subjunctive
Present	leia	leias	leia	leiamos	leiais	leiam
Imperfect	lesse	lesses	lesse	lêssemos	lêsseis	lessem
Future	ler	leres	ler	lermos	lerdes	lerem
Imperative
Affirmative	leia	lê	leia	leiamos	lede	leiam
Negative (não)	leia	leias	leia	leiamos	leiais	leiam

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Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

ler

1. (Puter) to read

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) liger

Etymology 2

Verb

ler

1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vuler.

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Swedish

Noun

ler c

1. clay; Contraction of lera., in the expression ler och långhalm

Verb

ler

1. present tense of le.