letrina

Spanish

Alternative forms

• latrina (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin lātrīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈtɾina/ [leˈt̪ɾi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: le‧tri‧na

Noun

letrina f (plural letrinas)

1. latrine, outhouse

Descendants

• → Tagalog: letrina

Further reading

• “letrina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish letrina, from Latin lātrīna, from lavātrīna.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈtɾina/ [lɛˈt̪ɾiː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: le‧tri‧na

Noun

letrina (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ)

1. latrine; outhouse

   Synonyms: inodoro, kasilyas, kubeta

Further reading

• “letrina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.