leer

af-verb

leer (present leer, present participle lerende, past participle geleer)

leer (present)
lerende (participle present)
geleer (participle past)

From Dutch leren, from Middle Dutch lêren, from Old Dutch lēren, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.


leer

From Dutch leer, from Middle Dutch lêre, from Old Dutch lēra, from Proto-Germanic *laizō.


leer

From Dutch leer, from older leder, from Middle Dutch lēder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą.


leer

→ Sotho: lere

→ Xhosa: ileli

From Dutch leer (dialectal synonym of ladder), from Middle Dutch leer.


leer

Deze tas is gemaakt van hoogwaardig leer en is zeer duurzaam.

This bag is made of high-quality leather and is very durable.

Ik hou van de geur van vers leer, het is zo karakteristiek.

I love the smell of fresh leather, it's so distinctive.

Afrikaans: leer

Negerhollands: leër, leer

→ Aukan: leli

→ Sranan Tongo: leri

From leder through regular syncope of intervocalic -d- (compare weer, blij, la), from Middle Dutch leder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą.


leer

In de filosofie zijn er verschillende leren en opvattingen over de aard van de werkelijkheid.

In philosophy, there are various doctrines and views on the nature of reality.

Deze wetenschappelijke studie is gebaseerd op de nieuwste leren en onderzoek op het gebied van genetica.

This scientific study is based on the latest theory and research in the field of genetics.

De afdeling biologie biedt verschillende leren aan, zoals celbiologie, ecologie en moleculaire biologie.

The biology department offers various fields of learning such as cell biology, ecology, and molecular biology.

a field of learning; set of lessons and theory on a subject within a discipline

nl-noun

leer f (plural leren, diminutive leertje n)

leren (plural)
leertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: leer

Negerhollands: leer

From Middle Dutch lêre, from Old Dutch lēra, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō.


leer

(dialectal, dated) Alternative form of ladder

Afrikaans: leer

From Middle Dutch leer, contraction of ledere.


leer

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


leer

And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.

1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:

I thought I saw him leer in an ugly way at me while the decanters were going round, but as there was no love lost between us, that might easily be.

1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXVIII, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:

The Baroness perceived that her entertainer had analyzed material comfort to a sufficiently fine point. And then he possessed the most delightful chinoiseries—trophies of his sojourn in the Celestial Empire: pagodas of ebony and cabinets of ivory; sculptured monsters, grinning and leering on chimney-pieces, in front of beautifully figured hand-screens; […]

1878, Henry James, chapter VI, in The Europeans, Macmillan and Co.:

It was a quarter well stocked with deformed, leering, unkempt and uncombed idiots, who held out hands or caps and begged piteously.

1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XVIII, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 163:

“Hush! Don’t say that. You have done enough evil in your life. My God! Don’t you see that accursed thing leering at us?”

1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:

(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.

But Bertran has been taught the Arts of Court, / To guild a Face with Smiles; and leer a man to ruin.

1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 6:

(transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.

en-verb

leer (third-person singular simple present leers, present participle leering, simple past and past participle leered)

leers (present singular third-person)
leering (participle present)
leered (participle past)
leered (past)
leer (infinitive)

(chlípně) pošilhávat

to look with sexual desire or malicious intent

Exact development uncertain, but apparently from a verb *leer (“to make a face, look sideways”), from leer (“cheek, face, profile”).


leer

Nevertheless humanity stood before him no longer in the pensive sweetness of Italian art, but in the staring and ghastly attitudes of a Wiertz Museum, and with the leer of a study by Van Beers.

1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXXIX, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:

“[…]They say he has sold himself to the devil for a pretty face. It’s nigh on eighteen years since I met him. He hasn’t changed much since then. I have, though,” she added, with a sickly leer.

1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:

I rose and bade him good-night, with a last impression of him leaning back in his dressing-gown, a sodden cigar-end in the corner of his mouth, his beard all slopped with whisky, and his half-glazed eyes looking sideways after me with the leer of a satyr.

1895, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:

“[…]I have friends—good friends—like you, Dr. Seward”; this was said with a leer of inexpressible cunning.

1897, Bram Stoker, chapter XX, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:

There was a nasty leer upon his face as he stepped close to her and spoke again. I could not hear his words, but her answer came clearly.

1913 December – 1914 March, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “In Durance”, in The Warlord of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published September 1919, →OCLC:

A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.

An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.

плотоя́дный взгляд m (plotojádnyj vzgljad) (lecherous glance, lit.: "carnivorous")


leer

No ladie (quoth the earle with a lowd voice, and the tears trilling downe his leeres)

1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

a Rosalind of a better leer than you

c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

(obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.

Here's a young lad fram'd of another leer.
Look, how the black slave smiles upon the father;

c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

leers (plural)
lyre (alternative)
lire (alternative)
lere (alternative)

From Middle English ler, leor (“face, cheek”), from Old English hlēor (“face, cheek, profile”), from Proto-West Germanic *hleuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hleuzą (“ear, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlews- (“temple of the forehead, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Scots lire, lere (“face, appearance, complexion”), Dutch lier (“cheek”), Swedish lyra (“pout”), Norwegian lia (“hillside”), Icelandic hlýr (“the face, cheek, countenance”). Related to Old English hlyst (“sense of hearing, listening”) and hlysnan (“to listen”). More at list, listen.


leer

The horse runs leere away without the man.

(obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.

a leer horse

1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

(obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.

leer words

(obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.

en-adj

leer (comparative more leer, superlative most leer)

more leer (comparative)
most leer (superlative)
lear (alternative)

From Middle English lere, from Old English ġelǣr, *lǣre (“empty, void, empty-handed”), from Proto-Germanic *lēziz, *lēzijaz (“empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to collect, pick”). Cognate with Dutch laar (“a clearing in the woods”), German leer (“empty”). Related to Old English lesan (“to gather, collect”). More at lease.


leer

leers (present singular third-person)
leering (participle present)
leered (participle past)
leered (past)

From Middle English leren, from Old English lǣran (“to teach, instruct, guide, enjoin, advise, persuade, urge, preach, hand down”), from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną (“to teach”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, footprint, furrow, trace”). Cognate with Dutch leren (“to teach, to learn”), German lehren (“to teach”), Swedish lära (“to teach”). Related to Old English lār (“lore, learning, science, art of teaching, preaching, doctrine, study, precept, exhortation, advice, instigation, history, story, cunning”). See lore.


leer

Ta on vastaste leeris

leeri (genitive)
leeri (partitive)
leer (nominative singular)
leerid (nominative plural)
leer (accusative nominative singular)
leerid (accusative nominative plural)
leeri (accusative genitive singular)
leerid (accusative genitive plural)
leeri (genitive singular)
leeride (genitive plural)
leeri (partitive singular)
leere (partitive plural)
leerisid (partitive plural)
leeri (illative singular)
leerisse (illative singular)
leeridesse (illative plural)
leeresse (illative plural)
leeris (inessive singular)
leerides (inessive plural)
leeres (inessive plural)
leerist (elative singular)
leeridest (elative plural)
leerest (elative plural)
leerile (allative singular)
leeridele (allative plural)
leerele (allative plural)
leeril (adessive singular)
leeridel (adessive plural)
leerel (adessive plural)
leerilt (ablative singular)
leeridelt (ablative plural)
leerelt (ablative plural)
leeriks (singular translative)
leerideks (plural translative)
leereks (plural translative)
leerini (singular terminative)
leerideni (plural terminative)
leerina (essive singular)
leeridena (essive plural)
leerita (abessive singular)
leerideta (abessive plural)
leeriga (comitative singular)
leeridega (comitative plural)

From Middle Low German leger, lager. Etymological twin of laager.


leer

A (protestant) confirmation into the faithful community.

From Middle Low German lere (“study, learning”).


leer

de-adj

leer (strong nominative masculine singular leerer, comparative leerer, superlative am leersten)

leerer (masculine nominative singular strong)
leerer (comparative)
am leersten (superlative)
leer (masculine predicative singular)
leer (feminine predicative singular)
leer (neuter predicative singular)
leer (plural predicative)
leerer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
leere (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
leeres (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
leere (nominative plural strong without-article)
leeren (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
leerer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
leeren (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
leerer (genitive plural strong without-article)
leerem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
leerer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
leerem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
leeren (dative plural strong without-article)
leeren (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
leere (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
leeres (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
leere (accusative plural strong without-article)
der leere (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die leere (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das leere (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die leeren (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des leeren (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der leeren (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des leeren (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der leeren (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem leeren (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der leeren (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem leeren (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den leeren (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den leeren (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die leere (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das leere (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die leeren (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein leerer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine leere (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein leeres (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
leeren (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine leeren (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines leeren (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer leeren (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines leeren (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leeren (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner leeren (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem leeren (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer leeren (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem leeren (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leeren (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen leeren (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen leeren (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine leere (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein leeres (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leeren (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine leeren (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
leerer (comparative masculine predicative singular)
leerer (comparative feminine predicative singular)
leerer (comparative neuter predicative singular)
leerer (comparative plural predicative)
leererer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
leerere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
leereres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
leerere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
leereren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
leererer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
leereren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
leererer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
leererem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
leererer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
leererem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
leereren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
leereren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
leerere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
leereres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
leerere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der leerere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die leerere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das leerere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die leereren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des leereren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der leereren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des leereren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der leereren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem leereren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der leereren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem leereren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den leereren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den leereren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die leerere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das leerere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die leereren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein leererer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine leerere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein leereres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
leereren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine leereren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines leereren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer leereren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines leereren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leereren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner leereren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem leereren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer leereren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem leereren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leereren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen leereren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen leereren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine leerere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein leereres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leereren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine leereren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am leersten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am leersten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am leersten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am leersten (plural predicative superlative)
leerster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
leerste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
leerstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
leerste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
leersten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
leerster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
leersten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
leerster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
leerstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
leerster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
leerstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
leersten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
leersten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
leerste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
leerstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
leerste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der leerste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die leerste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das leerste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die leersten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des leersten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der leersten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des leersten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der leersten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem leersten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der leersten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem leersten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den leersten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den leersten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die leerste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das leerste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die leersten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein leerster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine leerste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein leerstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
leersten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine leersten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines leersten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer leersten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines leersten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
leersten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner leersten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem leersten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer leersten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem leersten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
leersten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen leersten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen leersten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine leerste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein leerstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
leersten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine leersten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From Middle High German lēr, lēre, lǣre, from Old High German lāri, from Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz. Cognate with Bavarian lar, Dutch laar, English leer.


leer

(colloquial) first-person singular present of leeren


leer

leer (infinitive infinitive-i)
leeren (infinitive infinitive-ii)
tö leeren (infinitive infinitive-ii)
leeren (participle past)
leer (imperative)
leer (first-person present singular)
lor (first-person past singular)
larst (present second-person singular)
lorst (past second-person singular)
lart (present singular third-person)
lor (past singular third-person)
leer (present)
lor (past)
haa leeren (first-person perfect singular)
her leeren (first-person pluperfect singular)
heest leeren (perfect second-person singular)
herst leeren (pluperfect second-person singular)
heer leeren (perfect singular third-person)
her leeren (pluperfect singular third-person)
haa leeren (perfect)
her leeren (pluperfect)
skel leer (first-person future singular)
wel leer (first-person future singular)
sket leer (future second-person singular)
wet leer (future second-person singular)
skel leer (future singular third-person)
wel leer (future singular third-person)
skel leer (future)
wel leer (future)
lees (alternative)
leese (alternative)

From Old Frisian *hletha (attested in the past participle hleden), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan.


leer

Galician: ler

Portuguese: ler


leer

From Middle High German lǣre, from Old High German lāri. Compare German leer.


leer

From Latin aēr, with the initial 'l' added from a preceding definite article.


leer

Quiero leer el periódico.

Léase también la Orden General núm. 8.

[…] y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.

1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

[…] to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillage land to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.

es-verb

leer (first-person singular present leo, first-person singular preterite leí, past participle leído)

leo (first-person present singular)
leí (first-person preterite singular)
leído (participle past)
leer (infinitive)
leyendo (gerund)
leído (masculine participle past singular)
leída (feminine participle past singular)
leídos (masculine participle past plural)
leídas (feminine participle past plural)
leo (first-person indicative present singular)
lees (indicative informal present second-person singular)
leés (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
lee (indicative present singular third-person)
leemos (first-person indicative plural present)
leéis (indicative plural present second-person)
leen (indicative plural present third-person)
leía (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
leías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
leía (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
leíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
leíais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
leían (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
leí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
leíste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
leyó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
leímos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
leísteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
leyeron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
leeré (first-person future indicative singular)
leerás (future indicative second-person singular)
leerá (future indicative singular third-person)
leeremos (first-person future indicative plural)
leeréis (future indicative plural second-person)
leerán (future indicative plural third-person)
leería (conditional first-person indicative singular)
leerías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
leería (conditional indicative singular third-person)
leeríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
leeríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
leerían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
lea (first-person present singular subjunctive)
leas (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
leás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
lea (present singular subjunctive third-person)
leamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
leáis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lean (plural present subjunctive third-person)
leyera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
leyeras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
leyera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
leyéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
leyerais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
leyeran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
leyese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
leyeses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
leyese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
leyésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
leyeseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
leyesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
leyere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
leyeres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
leyere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
leyéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
leyereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
leyeren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
lee (imperative informal second-person singular)
leé (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
lea (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lea (imperative singular third-person)
leamos (first-person imperative plural)
leed (imperative plural second-person)
lean (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lean (imperative plural third-person)
leas (imperative negative second-person singular)
lea (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lea (imperative negative singular third-person)
leamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
leáis (imperative negative plural second-person)
lean (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lean (imperative negative plural third-person)
leerme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
leerte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
leerle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
leerse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
leernos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
leeros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
leerles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
leerse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
leerme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
leerte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
leerlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
leerla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
leerse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
leernos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
leeros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
leerlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
leerlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
leerse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
leyéndome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
leyéndote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
leyéndole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
leyéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
leyéndonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
leyéndoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
leyéndoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
leyéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
leyéndome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
leyéndote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
leyéndolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
leyéndola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
leyéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
leyéndonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
leyéndoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
leyéndolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
leyéndolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
leyéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
léeme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
léete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
léele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
léenos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
léeles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
léeme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
léete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
léelo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
léela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
léenos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
léelos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
léelas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
leeme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
leete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
leele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
leenos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
leeles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
leeme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
leete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
leelo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
leela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
leenos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
leelos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
leelas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
léame (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
léale (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
léase (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
léanos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
léales (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
léame (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
léalo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
léala (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
léase (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
léanos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
léalos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
léalas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
leámoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
leámosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
leámonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
leámoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
leámosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
leámoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
leámoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
leámosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
leámonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
leámoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
leámoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
leámoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
leedme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
leedle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
leednos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
leeos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
leedles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
leedme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
leedlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
leedla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
leednos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
leeos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
leedlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
leedlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
léanme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
léanle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
léannos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
léanles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
léanse (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
léanme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
léanlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
léanla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
léannos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
léanlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
léanlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
léanse (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Quechua: liyiy

Inherited from Latin legere (“to read, gather, choose”), from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Related with English legend, legible, lesson.