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)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:letsugas.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lichogas — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• litsugas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈt͡ʃuɡas/ [lɛˈt͡ʃuː.ɣɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /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) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 386: “Lechuga) Lichogas (pp) C. de caſtilla”