*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