letame

See also: létáme

Italian

Etymology

From Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich”, also later “fertile”). Compare Dalmatian lotum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈta.me/
• Rhymes: -ame
• Hyphenation: le‧tà‧me

Noun

letame m (plural letami)

1. manure
2. (figurative) immorality, corruption

Derived terms

• letamaio

Descendants

• → Spanish: letame

Anagrams

• melate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian letame, from Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich, also later fertile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈtame/ [leˈt̪a.me]
• Rhymes: -ame
• Syllabification: le‧ta‧me

Noun

letame m (plural letames)

1. manure, (land) fertilizer

   Synonyms: abono, tarquín

Further reading

• “letame”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10