lezna

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alesna, lesna (rare)

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): (Spain) /ˈleθna/ [ˈleθ̬.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈlesna/ [ˈlez.na]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθna
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esna
• Syllabification: lez‧na
• Homophone: (Latin America) lesna

Noun

lezna f (plural leznas)

1. awl

   Synonym: punzón

Further reading

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