llegua
Asturian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
llegua f (plural llegües)
- legua; Spanish league
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin leuga (“Gaulish mile”). Cognate with Spanish and Galician legua and Portuguese légua.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎe.ɣwə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈʎe.ɣwa]
- Rhymes: -eɡwa
- Hyphenation: lle‧gua
Noun edit
llegua f (plural llegües)
- (historical) legua, Spanish league, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km
Further reading edit
- “llegua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.