Meaning of le | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be able, can, to be possible
   auxiliary, defective
2. to be hard in texture, to be difficult
3. to glue, gum, paste
   transitive
4. to be flexible or elastic
5. to have a strong taste
6. to have an erection (of the penis)
7. to reproduce
   intransitive, transitive
8. to exceed in number
   transitive
9. to appear distinctly
   intransitive
10. to be lazy or indolent
11. to pursue, to chase
    transitive
12. to transplant a plant or seedling
    transitive
13. to become swollen
    transitive
14. to be healthy, to be in good health
    idiomatic
15. to yield interest

Equivalents

Examples

“Ó lè gbọ́ Yorùbá.”

She can understand Yoruba.

“Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja.”

The work is as hard as a fish's eye.

“ṣe ará le o?”

Are you in good health?

“Ọtí yìí le.”

This beer is strong.

“Wọ́n lé e nílèékulèé, òun náà sàsàákúsàá.”

They pursued him relentlessly, and he also ran relentlessly.

“ohun-ọ̀sìn náà lẹ̀”

The domesticated animals reproduced

“ó lẹ́ obì”

He transplanted the kolanut plant

CEFR level