lágrima

See also: lagrima, lagrimá, and lagrimâ

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagrima, lagrema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lacrima.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡɾima/ [ˈlɑ.ɣ̞ɾi.mɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈlaɡɾima/ [ˈlɑ.ɣ̞ɾi.mɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈlaħɾima/ [ˈlɑ.ħɾi.mɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡɾima

• Rhymes: -aɡɾima
• Rhymes: -aħɾima

• Hyphenation: lá‧gri‧ma

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas)

1. tear, teardrop

   Synonym: bágoa

   • c. 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid, C.S.I.C., page 200:

     Crees tu que atã grã pecado com̃o tu fezeche, que che seja perdoado por lagremas et por jajũus?

     Do you believe, given such a big sin as you did, that it will be forgiven through tears and fastings?

Derived terms

• lagrimexar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lagrima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lágrima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lágrima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lágrima”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese lágrima and Spanish lágrima. Either way the word comes from Latin lacrima.

Noun

lágrima f

1. tear, teardrop

Portuguese

lágrimas

Alternative forms

• lagrima (obsolete)
• lagryma (obsolete)
• lágryma (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, from earlier compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.mɐ/ [ˈla.ɣɾi.mɐ]

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas)

1. tear, teardrop

Related terms

• lacrimejar

Descendants

• Macanese: lágri

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡɾima/ [ˈla.ɣ̞ɾi.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɡɾima
• Syllabification: lá‧gri‧ma

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas) (diminutive lagrimilla) (augmentative lagrimón)

1. tear, teardrop

Derived terms

• lágrima de Job
• lágrimas de cocodrilo
• lagrimero
• paño de lágrimas
• valle de lágrimas

Related terms

• lagrimar
• lagrimear

See also

• llanto m
• llorar (verb)

Further reading

• “lágrima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10