llorona

Spanish

Etymology

Compare llorón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoˈɾona/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾo.na]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ʎoˈɾona/ [ʎoˈɾo.na]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɾona/ [ʃoˈɾo.na]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɾona/ [ʒoˈɾo.na]

Rhymes: -ona
Syllabification: llo‧ro‧na

Noun

llorona f (plural lloronas)

(folklore) weeping woman (from the Latin American folkloric legend La Llorona)
(informal, by extension) banshee
female equivalent of llorón (“crybaby, whiner”)

Adjective

llorona f

feminine singular of llorón

Further reading

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

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