ledo

See also: Ledo and lédo

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Leder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈledo/
• Rhymes: -edo

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Noun

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

1. leather

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ledo (“happy”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), 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/, [ˈlɛ.d̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.do/, [ˈlɛː.d̪ɔ]

Noun

ledō m (genitive ledōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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.