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Etymology edit

Compare llorón.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoˈɾona/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾo.na]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ʎoˈɾona/ [ʎoˈɾo.na]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɾona/ [ʃoˈɾo.na]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɾona/ [ʒoˈɾo.na]

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

Noun edit

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 edit

llorona f

  1. feminine singular of llorón

Further reading edit