letten

(Anglès)

1. (transitive) to pay attention, to mind
2. (transitive) to prevent from doing something, to keep, to hinder, to stop
3. (dialectal, transitive) to watch, to look, to see

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə(n)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: letten

Heretat de Old Dutch: *letten

In summary

From Middle Dutch letten, from Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Equivalent to laat (“late”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.

Sinònims

in het oog houden