lectura

See also: lectură

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ləkˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lekˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

lectura f (plural lectures)

1. (uncountable) reading (process)
2. (countable) a reading

Related terms

• lector
• llegir
• lliçó

Latin

Participle

lēctūra

1. inflection of lēctūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

lēctūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of lēctūrus

References

• lectura 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)

Romanian

Etymology

From lectură +‎ -a.

Verb

a lectura (third-person singular present lecturează, past participle lecturat) 1st conj.

1. to read

Conjugation

    conjugation of lectura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a lectura
gerund			lecturând
past participle			lecturat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	lecturez	lecturezi	lecturează	lecturăm	lecturați	lecturează
	imperfect	lecturam	lecturai	lectura	lecturam	lecturați	lecturau
	simple perfect	lecturai	lecturași	lectură	lecturarăm	lecturarăți	lecturară
	pluperfect	lecturasem	lecturaseși	lecturase	lecturaserăm	lecturaserăți	lecturaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să lecturez	să lecturezi	să lectureze	să lecturăm	să lecturați	să lectureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		lecturează			lecturați
	negative		nu lectura			nu lecturați

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɡˈtuɾa/ [leɣ̞ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: lec‧tu‧ra

Noun

lectura f (plural lecturas)

1. reading
2. (nonstandard, slang) lecture
3. (printing, dated) a medium size of type equated with the French cicéro and variously equal to 11 or 12 points

   Synonyms: lectura chica, cicero

Usage notes

• Lectura is a false friend, and does not mean lecture in the sense of a spoken lesson. The Spanish word for lecture in that sense is conferencia.

Derived terms

• lectura chica
• sala de lectura

 

Related terms

• lección
• lector
• leer

 

Further reading

• “lectura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014