lezna
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From lesna, from alesna, from Vulgar Latin *alisna, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *alasnō; cf. *ēlō, whence English awl. Compare also Catalan alena, French alêne, Italian lesina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleθna/ [ˈleθ̬.na] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈlesna/ [ˈlez.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθna (Spain)
- Rhymes: -esna (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: lez‧na
- Homophone: (Latin America) lesna
Noun
lezna f (plural leznas)
Further reading
- “lezna”, 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