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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pranto, planto, an early borrowing from Latin planctus (“wailing, lamentation”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese chanto (compare also Spanish llanto).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
- Hyphenation: pran‧to
Noun
pranto m (plural prantos)
- mourning
- crying, lamentation, sorrow
- Synonyms: lamentação, queixume, choro
- (by extension) tears
- Synonym: lágrimas