Masculine

pranto

Meaning

  1. (masculine) mourning
  2. (masculine) crying, lamentation, sorrow
  3. (broadly, masculine) tears

Frequency

41k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɾɐ̃.tu/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese pranto, planto, an early borrowing from Latin planctus (“wailing, lamentation”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese chanto (compare also Spanish llanto).

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