letame

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See also: létáme

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich”, also later “fertile”). Compare Dalmatian lotum.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /leˈta.me/
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Hyphenation: le‧tà‧me

Noun[edit]

letame m (plural letami)

  1. manure
  2. (figurative) immorality, corruption

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Spanish: letame

Anagrams[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian letame,[1] from Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich, also later fertile”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /leˈtame/ [leˈt̪a.me]
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Syllabification: le‧ta‧me

Noun[edit]

letame m (plural letames)

  1. manure, (land) fertilizer
    Synonyms: abono, tarquín

References[edit]

  1. ^ “letame”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading[edit]

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