pranto

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pranto, planto, an early borrowing from Latin planctus (“wailing, lamentation”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese chanto (compare also Spanish llanto).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾɐ̃.tu/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
  • Hyphenation: pran‧to

Noun

pranto m (plural prantos)

  1. mourning
  2. crying, lamentation, sorrow
    Synonyms: lamentação, queixume, choro
  3. (by extension) tears
    Synonym: lágrimas
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