sauce llorón

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsauθe ʝoˈɾon/ [ˌsau̯.θe ʝoˈɾõn] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /ˌsauθe ʎoˈɾon/ [ˌsau̯.θe ʎoˈɾõn] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /ˌsause ʝoˈɾon/ [ˌsau̯.se ʝoˈɾõn] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ˌsause ʎoˈɾon/ [ˌsau̯.se ʎoˈɾõn] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /ˌsause ʃoˈɾon/ [ˌsau̯.se ʃoˈɾõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ˌsause ʒoˈɾon/ [ˌsau̯.se ʒoˈɾõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: sau‧ce llo‧rón

Noun

sauce llorón m (plural sauces llorones)

weeping willow
Synonym: tiemblo

Further reading

“sauce de Babilonia, o sauce 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