llorona

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Etymology

Compare llorón.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoˈɾona/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ʎoˈɾona/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɾona/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɾona/

  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: llo‧ro‧na

Noun

llorona f (plural lloronas)

  1. (folklore) weeping woman (from the Latin American folkloric legend La Llorona)
  2. (informal, by extension) banshee
  3. female equivalent of llorón (“crybaby, whiner”)

Adjective

llorona f

  1. feminine singular of llorón

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