llanto
Asturian
Verb
llanto
- first-person singular present indicative of llantar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin planctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝanto/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈʎanto/ [ˈʎãn̪.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃanto/ [ˈʃãn̪.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒanto/ [ˈʒãn̪.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: llan‧to
Noun
llanto m (plural llantos)
- crying
- 1974, “El Show de los Muertos”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:
- Tengo los llantos todos aquí / Cómo una llovizna fría
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “llanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025