Polyglot Dictionary

leitão

/lejˈtɐ̃w/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os leitões

Meaning

  1. piglet

    • Comemos leitão.

      We ate suckling pig.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Ferkel

Ferkel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "piglet."

Spanish

lechón

lechón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "piglet."

Practice

1 What does leitão mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comemos ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches leitão?

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