Skip to content

lecho

bed

noun LEH-choh Rare

Origin: From Latin lectus (bed).

Also means

riverbed

Usage Note

Lecho is more literary and formal than everyday cama; you'd encounter it in news reporting on flood damage (lecho del río, riverbed) or in literary prose describing a deathbed (lecho de muerte). The riverbed sense is particularly common in geography and environmental journalism.

Examples

"El lecho del río estaba completamente seco."

Natural Translation

The riverbed was completely dry.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic