Lediça

See also: lediça

Portuguese

Etymology

From lediça, from Old Galician-Portuguese lediça, from Latin laetitia (“great joy; pleasure”). Doublet of Letícia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈdi.sɐ/ [lɨˈði.sɐ]

Proper noun

Lediça f

(rare) a female given name, equivalent to English Letitia
- 1532, Gil Vicente, Farsa da Lusitânia:
  Lediça vay a janela […]
  Lediça, go to the window […]

Related terms

Letícia

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