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# leal

«leal» in Mova's school dictionary: **loyal and true; faithful to a friend or a promise** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (old use, in songs and old poems)

### meaning for a pupil

Leal means loyal and true; faithful to a friend or a promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leal/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old songs and rhymes «be faithful and leal» means keep your promise and stay true to the one you love

### examples

- The dog was leal to his master. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leal/#x1)
- A leal friend stays by you in trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leal/#x2)
- Be faithful and leal, as the song says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leal/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.