leituga

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactūca.

• Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

leituga f (plural leitugas)

1. lettuce
2. cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
3. prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leituga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leituga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leituga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese leituga, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce, wolf's milk”), from lac (“milk”).

Cognate with Galician leituga, Spanish lechuga, Catalan lletuga, French laitue, Italian lattuga and Romanian lăptucă.

• Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

leituga f (plural leitugas)

1. cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata); smooth cat's ear (Hypochaeris glabra)
2. hare lettuce (Sonchus fruticosus and S. pinnatus)
3. prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
4. European umbrella milkwort (Tolpis barbata)

• leite

• alface (“lettuce”)