elegía
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (ᾠδή) (elegeía (ōidḗ), literally “elegiac song”), from the feminine form of ἐλεγείος (elegeíos), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “mournful poem”).
Noun edit
elegía f (plural elegías)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: elehiya
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
elegía
Further reading edit
- “elegía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014