leituga

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactūca.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lejˈtuɡa/ [lejˈt̪u.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /lejˈtuɡa/ [lejˈt̪u.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /lejˈtuħa/ [lejˈt̪u.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -uɡa

• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Rhymes: -uħa

• Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

Noun

leituga f (plural leitugas)

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

References

• 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

Portuguese

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leituga

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [leɪ̯ˈtu.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [leɪ̯ˈtu.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡa/ [leɪ̯ˈtu.ɡa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐjˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lɐjˈtu.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐjˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lɐjˈtu.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lejˈtu.ɣɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lejˈtu.ɣɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /leˈtu.ɡɐ/ [leˈtu.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

Noun

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)

Related terms

• leite

See also

• alface (“lettuce”)

Further reading

• “leituga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025