lágrima

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See also: lagrima, lagrimá, and lagrimâ

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagrima, lagrema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lacrima.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈlaɡɾima/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈlaħɾima/

 

  • Hyphenation: lá‧gri‧ma

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas)

  1. tear, teardrop
    Synonym: bágoa
    • c. 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid, C.S.I.C., page 200:
      Crees tu que atã grã pecado com̃o tu fezeche, que che seja perdoado por lagremas et por jajũus?
      Do you believe, given such a big sin as you did, that it will be forgiven through tears and fastings?

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese lágrima and Spanish lágrima. Either way the word comes from Latin lacrima.

Noun

lágrima f

  1. tear, teardrop

Portuguese

lágrimas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, from earlier compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (eye bitter).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas)

  1. tear, teardrop

Descendants

  • Macanese: lágri

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɡɾima/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɾima
  • Syllabification: lá‧gri‧ma

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas) (diminutive lagrimilla) (augmentative lagrimón)

  1. tear, teardrop

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