llorón

Spanish

Etymology

From llorar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

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

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: llo‧rón

Noun

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

crybaby, whiner

Adjective

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

sniveling, weeping, whiny

Derived terms

Further reading

“llorón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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