letsugas

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: le‧tsu‧gas

Etymology 1

A minced oath of animal.

Interjection

letsugas

1. an expression of anger, disgust, dismay, etc.

Etymology 2

From Spanish lechugas, plural of lechuga, from Latin lactūca.

Noun

letsugas

1. lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lichogas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• litsugas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lechugas, plural of lechuga (“lettuce”), from Latin lactūca.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈt͡ʃuɡas/ [lɛtˈt͡ʃuː.ɣɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /letˈsuɡas/ [lɛt̪ˈsuː.ɣɐs]
• Rhymes: -uɡas
• Syllabification: let‧su‧gas

Noun

letsugas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜄᜐ᜔)

1. lettuce

Related terms

• letse
• letsera
• letson

Further reading

• “letsugas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 386: “Lechuga) Lichogas (pp) C. de caſtilla”