ledo

See also: Ledo and lédo

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German Leder.

Noun

ledo (accusative singular ledon, plural ledoj, accusative plural ledojn)

1. leather

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ledo (“happy”), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Portuguese ledo, Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleðo̝/, /ˈlɛðo̝/

Adjective

ledo m (feminine singular leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas)

1. happy, joyful
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120:

     Agora vaamos ala et façamos o que podermos fazer et nõ aja y outro cõsello mays toda via fazede en guisa que bem çedo de [manãa] seja a villa çercada [per] força ou [per] al ca se nos tomamos Troya, ledos et cõ plazer tornaremos ha nossas terras

     Now, let's we go there and do what we can; we won't have another meeting; do anything to have the town sieged early in the morning, forcibly or in any way; because if we take Troy, we'll return happy and pleased to our lands

   Synonym: alegre

Related terms

• ledicia
• Ledo

References

• “ledo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ledo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ledo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ledo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ledo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

ledo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ledere

Anagrams

• Delo, lode

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lidūna

Etymology

Possibly from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.doː/, [ˈɫɛ.doː]

Noun

ledō m (genitive ledōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) ebb (of the sea)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ledō	ledōnēs
Genitive	ledōnis	ledōnum
Dative	ledōnī	ledōnibus
Accusative	ledōnem	ledōnēs
Ablative	ledōne	ledōnibus
Vocative	ledō	ledōnēs

See also

• malina

References

• ledo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin laetus (“happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.do/

Adjective

ledo m (plural ledos, feminine leda, feminine plural ledas)

1. happy
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 46 (facsimile):

     […] Mui ledo ſſe tornou / aſſa t[er]ra […]

     […] he returned happy to his homeland […]

Descendants

• Galician: ledo
• Portuguese: ledo

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lédo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ledo (“happy”), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Galician ledo, Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ðu/
• (Portugal, archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ðu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.du/
• Hyphenation: le‧do

Adjective

ledo m (feminine singular leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas, comparable)

1. happy, joyful

   Synonym: alegre

   Antonym: triste

   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 3rd canto:

     Naquelle engano da alma, ledo & cego, / Que a fortuna não deixa durar muito,

     In that happy and blind illusion of the soul, / Which fortune does not allow to endure for long,

Derived terms

• ledamente

Related terms

• lediça, ledice
• Lediça, Letícia

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Swedish

Verb

ledo

1. Obsolete plural form of led, past tense of lida.