letame
See also: létáme
Italian
Etymology
From Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich”, also later “fertile”). Compare Dalmatian lotum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈta.me/
- Rhymes: -ame
- Hyphenation: le‧tà‧me
Noun
letame m (plural letami)
- manure
- (figurative) immorality, corruption
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Spanish: letame
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian letame,[1] from Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich, also later fertile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈtame/ [leˈt̪a.me]
- Rhymes: -ame
- Syllabification: le‧ta‧me
Noun
letame m (plural letames)
- manure, (land) fertilizer
References
- ^ “letame”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Further reading
- “letame”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024