lecer

Galician

From Old Galician-Portuguese lezer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed from Old French leisir given its exclusive use as a noun, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet. ^[1] Compare Portuguese lazer and English leisure.

lecer m (plural leceres)

spare time, leisure; opportunity, occasion
Synonyms: enateza, folga, vagar
- 2005, José Manuel Santos Solla, Galicia en cartel, Univ Santiago de Compostela, →ISBN, page 14:
  Máis tardíamente, e non sempre con moito ánimo, o lecer vaise vendo como un tempo necesario para que o proletariado recupere as forzas físicas e psíquicas para manter a súa función no sistema.
  Later, and not always with great spirit, leisure is seen progressively as a time needed for the proletariat to recover the physical and phycological strength to carry on with their mission in the system
pleasure, recreation

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lezer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lezer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lecer”, 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), “lecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

^ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “lezer”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)‎^[1], A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN