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Spanish
Etymology
From llorar + -ica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoˈɾika/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ʎoˈɾika/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɾika/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɾika/
- Rhymes: -ika
- Syllabification: llo‧ri‧ca
Noun
llorica m or f by sense (plural lloricas)
- (colloquial, Spain) crybaby (one who whines or complains)
Adjective
llorica m or f (masculine and feminine plural lloricas)
- (colloquial, Spain) whining, being a crybaby
2015 September 27, “Como una perla”, in El País:Ya he escrito alguna vez que, al envejecer, nos vamos haciendo cada vez más blandos, más lloricas, nos afectan más las cosas, se nos arruga el ánimo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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