What does llorona in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word llorona in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use llorona in Spanish.

The word llorona in Spanish means weeping woman, weeping woman, weepy, whiny, fretful, whiner, crybaby, crybaby, cry-baby, whiner, complainer, crybaby. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word llorona

weeping woman

nombre femenino (plañidera, mujer que llora)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

weeping woman

nombre femenino (AmL (personaje mítico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

weepy, whiny, fretful

adjetivo (que llora mucho)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El bebé era muy llorón y no nos dejaba dormir por la noche.
The baby was very weepy (or: whiny) and he wouldn't let us sleep at night.

whiner, crybaby

adjetivo (quejica, quejicoso)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No seas llorón y deja de quejarte de que no tienes dinero.
Don't be a whiner (or: crybaby) and stop complaining that you don't have money.

crybaby, cry-baby

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (persona que llora mucho)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un llorón es alguien hipersensible que llora por todo.
A crybaby (or: cry-baby) is someone who is hypersensitive and cries over everything.

whiner, complainer, crybaby

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (persona quejumbrosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A un llorón todo le parece mal.
Everything seems bad to a whiner (or: complainer).

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