llorón

Spanish

Etymology

From llorar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024