llorica
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝoˈɾika/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾi.ka] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /ʎoˈɾika/ [ʎoˈɾi.ka] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ʃoˈɾika/ [ʃoˈɾi.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ʒoˈɾika/ [ʒoˈɾi.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ika
- Syllabification: llo‧ri‧ca
Noun
llorica m or f by sense (plural lloricas)
Adjective
llorica m or f (masculine and feminine plural lloricas)
- (colloquial, Spain) whining, being a crybaby
- 2015 September 27, Rosa Montero, “Como una perla”, in El País[1], archived from the original on 18 January 2016:
- Ya he escrito alguna vez que, al envejecer, nos vamos haciendo cada vez más blandos, más lloricas, nos afectan más las cosas, se nos arruga el ánimo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “llorica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025