llorón

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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)

  1. crybaby, whiner

Adjective

llorón (feminine llorona, masculine plural llorones, feminine plural lloronas)

  1. sniveling, weeping, whiny

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