# leito
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Akin to Italian letto, from Latin lectus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlei̯to/
* Rhymes: -ei̯to
* Syllabification: lei‧to

### Noun

leito m (plural leitos)
* bed

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus. Cognate with Portuguese leito and Spanish lecho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlejto/ [ˈlej.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ejto
* Hyphenation: lei‧to

### Noun

leito m (plural leitos)
* couch, bed
    Synonym: cama
** 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:Estouche feita un Calabre, èas vagoas dos ôllos cán à cantos me ben no Leyto: aÿ miña Virxen da Paz!I'm but a cadaver now, And tears fall from the eyes Of everyone who see me in bed Oh, my Virgin of Peace!
* (archaic) stretcher
* riverbed
* platform of a cart
* (masonry) bed (lower surface of an ashlar, brick, etc)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “leyto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “leyto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leito”, 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), “leito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lectus, from Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /ˈlej.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlej.tʊ/

### Noun

leito m (plural leitos)
* bed
    Synonym: cama
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 323 (facsimile):
    nẽ niun dano fezeran nẽ eno leito nẽ na meſa nẽ no ſcan$^o$
       they did no damage to the bed, to the table or to the bench.

#### Descendants

* Galician: leito
* Portuguese: leito

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "leito"

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate of Spanish lecho, Italian letto and French lit.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlej.to/ [ˈleɪ̯.to]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɐj.tu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɐj.tu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈlej.tu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈlej.tu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈle.tu/
* Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
* Hyphenation: lei‧to

#### Noun

leito m (plural leitos)
* (chiefly Brazil) hospital bed
* (poetic or archaic) any bed
    Synonym: cama
* riverbed
    O rio subiu e saiu do leito.The river flooded over the riverbed.

##### Synonyms

* (bed): cama
* (riverbed): álveo

##### Related terms

* liteira

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

leito
* first-person singular present indicative of leitar