llorón

Spanish

Etymology

From llorar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈɾon/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾõn]

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈɾon/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ʎoˈɾon/ [ʎoˈɾõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾon/ [ʃoˈɾõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒoˈɾon/ [ʒoˈɾõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: llo‧rón

Noun

llorón m (plural llorones, feminine llorona, feminine plural lloronas)

1. crybaby, whiner

Adjective

llorón (feminine llorona, masculine plural llorones, feminine plural lloronas)

1. sniveling, weeping, whiny

Derived terms

• pasto llorón
• sauce llorón

Further reading

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