"llorona" - meaning in Spain

Question

To my knowledge, "la Llorona" refers only to the wandering phantom crying for her children. Can "llorona" also mean "crying spell" or "crying jag" in Spain? I went on Spanish google but did not get any confirmation on the "crying spell" meaning.

Gracias de antemano.

Answer 1

As far as i know...

llorona is a frequent weeping woman or person.

¨la Llorona" refers only to the wandering phantom as you said.

las lloronas are also the spurs.

una llorona refers also a woman who was paid to go and cry in a wake.

llorona is also a bunch of long, flexible and hanging feathers (resembling a weeping willow´s branch)

Yes, as far as I know also...it was submitted to Phrasebook as idiom in Andalucia - mountaingirl123, Sep 21, 2010

In Spain the women who were paid to cry are called "plañideras". - bill1111, Sep 21, 2010

Answer 2

Hi - I recall the little girl of a family I knew in Valencia (Sp) being referred to as 'la llorona'.... it was almost her nickname!

jejeje - mediterrunio, Sep 22, 2010

Answer 3

I never heard of that phantom, it must be a latin american myth. In Spain, the word "llorona" would be the feminine of "llorón", or "crybaby", someone who bursts into tears for no apparent reason. As for "crying spell", if that means what I think it does, a period of time during which you cry uncontrollably, then the word you are looking for is "llorera".

"llorona" was submitted to Phrasebook as an idiom used in Andalucia for "crying jag" - mountaingirl123, Sep 21, 2010

It's probably limited to Andalucía and a few other places then, "llorera" is a lot more common in the rest of Spain. - bill1111, Sep 21, 2010