sollozo

See also: sollozó

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /soˈʝoθo/ [soˈʝo.θo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /soˈʎoθo/ [soˈʎo.θo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /soˈʝoso/ [soˈʝo.so]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /soˈʎoso/ [soˈʎo.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /soˈʃoso/ [soˈʃo.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /soˈʒoso/ [soˈʒo.so]

(Spain) Rhymes: -oθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: so‧llo‧zo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in some glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Cognate of Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț; also related to French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutium. Doublet of singulto.

Noun

sollozo m (plural sollozos)

sob

Related terms

sollozar

Verb

sollozo

first-person singular present indicative of sollozar

Further reading

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

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