lloro
Asturian
Verb
lloro
- first-person singular present indicative of llorar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈʎɔ.ɾu]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈʎɔ.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎo.ɾo]
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Noun
lloro m (plural lloros)
- parrot
- (figurative) chatterbox
- (figurative, derogatory) ugly person
Derived terms
- lloro menut
- passar la nit del lloro
Further reading
- “lloro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “lloro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “lloro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lloro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Neapolitan
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin illōrum. The stressed vowel outcome appears to rule out a native inheritance.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈllɔːrə]
Adjective
lloro (invariable)
Coordinate terms
Pronoun
llòro
Coordinate terms
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | possessive | prepositional | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | |||
| second person |
familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
| formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | ||||
| third person |
m | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
| f | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | ||||
| plural | first person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | |||
| second person | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | ||||
| third person |
m | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
| f | llòro | 'e (le) | ||||||
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1660: “tanto peggio per loro!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝoɾo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈʎoɾo/ [ˈʎo.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃoɾo/ [ˈʃo.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒoɾo/ [ˈʒo.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -oɾo
- Syllabification: llo‧ro
Etymology 1
Deverbal from llorar.
Noun
lloro m (plural lloros)
Etymology 2
Verb
lloro
- first-person singular present indicative of llorar
Further reading
- “lloro”, 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