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Spanish
Etymology
From llorica + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoɾikeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ʎoɾikeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoɾikeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoɾikeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: llo‧ri‧que‧ar
Verb
lloriquear (first-person singular present lloriqueo, first-person singular preterite lloriqueé, past participle lloriqueado)
- (intransitive) to cry a little, whimper
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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