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leste.

east (compass point)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/Portugal
  1. east (compass point)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈles.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈleʃ.t͡ʃi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈleʃ.tɨ/Portugal
  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

    form-of · indicative · preterite · second-person · singular
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