llorona

Spanish

Etymology

Compare llorón.

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

llorona f (plural lloronas)

  1. female equivalent of llorón (“crybaby, whiner”)
  2. (folklore) weeping woman (from the Latin American folkloric legend La Llorona)
  3. (informal, by extension) banshee
  4. (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) he huckleberry (Cyrilla racemiflora)
  5. (Puerto Rico) Lesser Antillean pewee (Contopus latirostris)
    Synonym: pibí puertorriqueño

Adjective

llorona f

  1. feminine singular of llorón

Further reading

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