lloro

See also: Lloró and lloró

Asturian

Verb

lloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of llorar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish loro.

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)

1. parrot
2. (figurative) chatterbox
3. (figurative, derogatory) ugly person

Derived terms

• lloro menut
• passar la nit del lloro

Further reading

• “lloro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lloro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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)

1. their

Coordinate terms

• mìo
• tùjo
• sùjo
• nuósto
• vuósto

Pronoun

llòro

1. they (feminine nominative)
2. them (after preposition)

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	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
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	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]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝoɾo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈʎoɾo/ [ˈʎo.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃoɾo/ [ˈʃo.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒoɾo/ [ˈʒo.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: llo‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from llorar.

Noun

lloro m (plural lloros)

1. cry; weep

Etymology 2

Verb

lloro

1. 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28