labrador : farmer
labriego : farmer
lacha : breed of black-headed sheep, particularly resistant to harsh mountain conditions. Roncal and Idiazábal cheeses are made from their milk.
ladera : hillside; mountainside.
lagao (Gal.) : lagoon
lagar : winepress; oil press
lagartija : small lizard
lagarto : large lizard
lago : lake
lagópodo alpino : ptarmigan : Lagopus mutus
laguna : lagoon; pool
lagunilla : small lagoon or pool
laja : large, flat, thin stone :
landa : wild plain
langosta : locust (land); lobster (sea)
latifundio : huge estates often owned by absentee land owners and traditionally worked by poor peasants
lavandera blanca : pied wagtail : Motacilla alba
lavandera boyera : yellow wagtail : Motacilla flava
lavandera cascadeña : grey wagtail : Motacilla cinerea
lazo : snare
lebeche : south-westerly wind from the Mediterranean
lebrato : young hare
lecho : riverbed
lechuza común : barn owl : Tyto alba
leña : firewood
lepisma : silverfish
lepo (Eus.) : summit
letrina : midden (mammals) :
levante : easterly wind from the Mediterranean.
libélula : dragonfly
liebre de piornal : broom hare : Lepus castroviejoi
liebre europea : brown hare : Lepus europaeus
liebre ibérica : Iberian hare : Lepus granatensis
limaco (Arag.) : slug :
limícola : wader
limo : silt
lince : lynx :
lince iberico: iberian lynx; Lynx pardina. See full article on Iberian lynx + news on the Iberian lynx
lince boreal: Eurasian lynx: Lynx Lynx. In the past was present in Northern Pyrenees in Spain and France, its southerly limit forming the Iberian lynx's northern frontier. Nearest populations today are Alps some 450 km away.
liquen : lichen :
lirón careto : garden dormouse : Eliomys quercinus
lirón gris : edible dormouse : Glis glis
loba : she-wolf
lobada : indiscriminate, mass slaughter of livestock/prey by wolves
lobato : wolf cub
lobera : wolf den lobería : wolf hunt
lobero : wolf hunter
lobezno : wolf cub
lobo : wolf : Canis lupus
lodazal : muddy area
lodo : mud
loma : hill; low ridge.
lombriz : earthworm :
luciérnaga : glow-worm
lucio : reed beds; clear channels in Doñana
ludria (Arag.): otter
lúgano : siskin : Carduelis spinus
lumiaco (Cant): slug
lurte (Arag.) avalanche; landslide
LL :
llac (Cat.) : lake
llano : plain
llanura : plain.
llanura aluvial : floodplain
llerones/lleronas/llerizasa (Cant) : screes, extensive stony areas caused by torrents :
llopu (Ast.) : wolf :
llovizna : drizzle