letame
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== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich”, also later “fertile”). Compare Dalmatian lotum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /leˈta.me/
Rhymes: -ame
Hyphenation: le‧tà‧me
=== Noun ===
letame m (plural letami)
manure
(figurative) immorality, corruption
==== Derived terms ====
letamaio
==== Descendants ====
→ Spanish: letame
=== Anagrams ===
melate
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian letame, from Latin laetāmen (“dung, manure”) < laetus (“happy, rich, also later fertile”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /leˈtame/ [leˈt̪a.me]
Rhymes: -ame
Syllabification: le‧ta‧me
=== Noun ===
letame m (plural letames)
manure, (land) fertilizer
Synonyms: abono, tarquín
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“letame”, 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