letanía

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin litanīa, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”), from λιτή (litḗ, “supplication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /letaˈnia/ [le.t̪aˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: le‧ta‧ní‧a

Noun

letanía f (plural letanías)

1. litany (a ritual liturgical prayer)
2. litany (a prolonged or tedious list)

Descendants

• → Cebuano: litaniya
• → Tagalog: litaniya

Further reading

• “letanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014