*lectura* f. reading

*leer* read

*legua* f. league

*lejos* far

*lenguaje* m. language

*lenteja* f. lentil

*Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim,* German dramatist (1729-1781)

*letanía* f. litany (long prayer consisting of a series of invocations and responses. The best-known litanies are those addressed to the Virgin Mary, but there are also litanies of the Saints, litanies of the Holy Name, etc.); long list (of any sort)

*letra* f. letter

*levantar* raise; *—— la cama* make the bed; *—— la tapa de los sesos* blow one's brains out; *—se* get up