llorona
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often capitalized.
la llorona(
yoh
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roh
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nah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (colloquial) (ghost of a mother who drowned her children in a river) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. Weeping Woman
¡Cuidado! Dicen que la llorona ronda por estos ríos.Careful! People say the Weeping Woman haunts these rivers.
las lloronas
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
2. (spiked device) (Argentina) (Bolivia) (Uruguay)
Regionalism used in Argentina
Regionalism used in Bolivia
Regionalism used in Uruguay
a. large spurs
El vaquero espoleó al caballo con las lloronas de sus botas.The cowboy spurred the horse on with the large spurs on his boots.
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