llorica

Spanish

Etymology

From llorar +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʝoˈɾika/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾi.ka] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ʎoˈɾika/ [ʎoˈɾi.ka] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾika/ [ʃoˈɾi.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ʒoˈɾika/ [ʒoˈɾi.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -ika
Syllabification: llo‧ri‧ca

Noun

llorica m or f by sense (plural lloricas)

(colloquial, Spain) crybaby (one who whines or complains)

Adjective

llorica m or f (masculine and feminine plural lloricas)

(colloquial, Spain) whining, being a crybaby
- 2015 September 27, “Como una perla”, in El País‎^[1]:
  Ya he escrito alguna vez que, al envejecer, nos vamos haciendo cada vez más blandos, más lloricas, nos afectan más las cosas, se nos arruga el ánimo.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“llorica”, 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