lágrima

lágrima

See also: lagrima, lagrimá, and lagrimâ

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese lagrima, lagrema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lacrima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɣɾimɐ]

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas)

1. tear, teardrop
   • c1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 200:

     Crees tu que atã grã pecado com̃o tu fezeche, que che seja perdoado por lagremas et por jajũus?

     Do you believe, given such a big sin as you did, that it will be forgiven through tears and fastings?

   Synonym: bágoa

Derived terms

• lagrimexar

References

• “lagrima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lagr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lágrima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lágrima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lágrima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese lágrima and Spanish lágrima. Either way the word comes from Latin lacrima.

Noun

lágrima f

1. tear, teardrop

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Portuguese

lágrimas

Alternative forms

• lagrima (obsolete)
• lagryma (obsolete)
• lágryma (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, from earlier compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɾi.mɐ/ [ˈla.ɣɾi.mɐ]

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas)

1. tear, teardrop

Related terms

• lacrimejar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡɾima/ [ˈla.ɣ̞ɾi.ma]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -aɡɾima
• Syllabification: lá‧gri‧ma

Noun

lágrima f (plural lágrimas) (diminutive lagrimilla) (augmentative lagrimón)

1. tear, teardrop

Derived terms

• lágrimas de cocodrilo
• lagrimero
• paño de lágrimas
• valle de lágrimas

 

Related terms

• lagrimar
• lagrimear

See also

• llanto m
• llorar (verb)

Further reading

• “lágrima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014