letra

Definitions of letra
  1. noun
    something written by hand
    synonyms: escritura
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    estenografía, taquigrafía
    a method of writing rapidly
    cursiva, cursivo
    rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
    caligrafía, pluma
    beautiful handwriting
    escarabajo, garabato, garabatos, garambaina, garrapato
    poor handwriting
    letra inglesa
    a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings
    redondilla
    a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves
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    alegoría, escritura
    letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
  2. noun
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    synonyms: carácter
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    letra doble
    two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    inicial, iniciales, letra inicial
    the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    ceda, ceta, zeda, zeta
    the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    beta
    the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    épsilon
    the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
    zeta
    the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
    eta
    the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
    iota
    the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
    kappa
    the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
    lambda
    the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
    ómicron
    the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
    pi
    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    ro
    the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
    sigma
    the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    tau
    the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
    fi
    the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
    psi
    the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    omega
    the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
    polifonía
    a letter that has two or more pronunciations
    vocal
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    consonante
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
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    carácter, grafía
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
  3. noun
    the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
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    texto
    the words of something written
  4. noun
    the words that are spoken
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    habla, lenguaje
    (language) communication by word of mouth
  5. noun
    a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
    synonyms: L/C, giro, letra de cambio, libramiento, libranza
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    descubierta, descubierto, saldo deudor, sobregiro
    a draft in excess of the credit balance
    g.p., giro postal, orden de pago
    a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office
    cheque, talón
    a written order directing a bank to pay money
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