lectura
See also: lectură
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lectura f (plural lectures)
- (uncountable) reading (process)
- (countable) a reading
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
lēctūra
- inflection of lēctūrus:
Participle edit
lēctūrā
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a lectura (third-person singular present lecturează, past participle lecturat) 1st conj.
- to read
Conjugation edit
conjugation of lectura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a lectura | ||||||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lectura f (plural lecturas)
- reading
- (nonstandard, slang) lecture
- (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 edit
- 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 edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lectura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014