letame

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)

1. manure
2. (figurative) immorality, corruption

Derived terms

• letamaio

Descendants

• → Spanish: letame

Anagrams

• melate

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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)

1. manure, (land) fertilizer

   Synonyms: abono, tarquín

References

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

Further reading

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