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Spanish
Etymology
From llorar + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoˈɾon/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ʎoˈɾon/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɾon/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɾon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: llo‧rón
Noun
llorón m (plural llorones, feminine llorona, feminine plural lloronas)
- crybaby, whiner
Adjective
llorón (feminine llorona, masculine plural llorones, feminine plural lloronas)
- sniveling, weeping, whiny
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