leste

See also: lesté

Pronunciation

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Verb

leste

inflection of lessen:
1. singular past indicative
2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛst/
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Homophones: lestent, lestes
Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian lesto.

Adjective

leste (plural lestes)

agile; nimble
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
  Arshavin s’est repoussé sur le dossier de son siège, avec cet air soudain leste, plus mobile, qu’il avait quand il réfléchissait […]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Verb

leste

inflection of lester:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 1

From French l’est, from Old English ēast.

Alternative forms

E
L

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

(uncountable) east (cardinal direction)
(uncountable) the eastern portion of a territory or region
(countable) an eastern; a wind blowing from the east

Synonyms

(east): levante, nacente, oriente
(eastern portion): oriente
(eastern wind): levante

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “east”): occidente, oeste, poñente

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

leste

(reintegrationist norm) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

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Etymology

les +‎ -te

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃtɛ]
Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

third-person singular indicative past definite of les

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

leste (…) el, el … leste ― elleste ― elles
and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ste/
Rhymes: -ɛste
Hyphenation: lè‧ste

Adjective

leste

feminine plural of lesto

Anagrams

stele

Adjective

leste

last; final
- 14^th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
  The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
  So hidously þat with þe leste strook
  That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook

Etymology

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Adjective

leste m or f

(Jersey) nimble

Verb

leste

simple past of lese

Anagrams

eltes, eslet, etles, -elset, letes, selet, selte, stele

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French l’est (“the east”),^[1]^[2] from le, l’ (“the”) + est (“east”), from Old English ēast (“east”), from Proto-West Germanic *austr. Distant cognate to austro, via Latin.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/

Hyphenation: les‧te

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

east (compass point)
Synonyms: este, lés

Coordinate terms

(compass points) ponto cardeal;

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈles.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈleʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈles.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈleʃ.tɨ/

Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Alternative forms

lêste (obsolete)

References

[1]
“leste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
[2]
“leste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

[1] [1]
“leste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

[2] [2]
“leste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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