lectura

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ləkˈtu.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [lekˈtu.ɾa] === Noun === lectura f (plural lectures) (uncountable) reading (process) (countable) a reading ==== Related terms ==== lector llegir lliçó == Latin == === Participle === lēctūra inflection of lēctūrus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Participle === lēctūrā ablative feminine singular of lēctūrus === References === "lectura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Romanian == === Etymology === From lectură +‎ -a. === Verb === a lectura (third-person singular present lecturează, past participle lecturat) 1st conjugation to read ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /leɡˈtuɾa/ [leɣ̞ˈt̪u.ɾa] Rhymes: -uɾa Syllabification: lec‧tu‧ra === Noun === lectura f (plural lecturas) reading (nonstandard, slang) lecture (printing, dated) a medium size of type equated with the French cicéro and variously equal to 11 or 12 points Synonyms: lectura chica, cicero ==== Usage notes ==== Lectura is a false friend and does not mean lecture in the sense of a spoken lesson. The Spanish word for lecture in that sense is conferencia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “lectura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025