elegía
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈxia/ [e.leˈxi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: e‧le‧gí‧a
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (ᾠδή) (elegeía (ōidḗ), literally “elegiac song”), from the feminine form of ἐλεγείος (elegeíos), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “mournful poem”).
Noun
elegía f (plural elegías)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: elehiya
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
elegía
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of elegir
Further reading
- “elegía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024