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lenda

lenda

Faroese

Verb

lenda (third person singular past indicative lendi, third person plural past indicative lent, supine lent)

  1. (nautical) to land
  2. (aviation) to land

Conjugation

Synonyms


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛnta/
    Rhymes: -ɛnta

Verb

lenda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lenti, supine lent)

  1. to land

Conjugation


Old Frisian

Verb

lenda

  1. to finish

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leenda, from Medieval Latin legenda (a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read), neuter plural of the future past participle of Latin legō (I read), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Compare legenda (subtitle; caption).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.da/, /ˈlẽ.dɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ/
  • Hyphenation: len‧da

Noun

lenda f (plural lendas)

  1. legend (story describing extraordinary events)
  2. legend (person of extraordinary accomplishment)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lenda.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lenda urbana

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