elegía

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See also: elegia, elégia, and elegią

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈxia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧gí‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (ᾠδή) (elegeía (ōidḗ), literally “elegiac song”), from the feminine form of ἐλεγείος (elegeíos), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “mournful poem”).

Noun

elegía f (plural elegías)

  1. elegy
Descendants
  • → Tagalog: elehiya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

elegía

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of elegir

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