lóbrego

Probably from Latin lūbricus (“slippery, slimy; also deceitful, hazardous, unsteady”),^[1] and therefore a doublet of lúbrico, borrowed from the same source. Perhaps influenced by lūgubris (“gloomy, mournful”). Another theory derives it from lūgubris, with metathesis (in which case the doublet would be lúgubre). Compare Portuguese lôbrego.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlobɾeɡo/ [ˈlo.β̞ɾe.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -obɾeɡo
• Syllabification: ló‧bre‧go

lóbrego (feminine lóbrega, masculine plural lóbregos, feminine plural lóbregas)

1. dark
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Pasó Gloria a la sacristía, que era lóbrega y húmeda, y de allí a un patiecillo estrecho cubierto de yerba.

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2. sad
3. gloomy

• →? Catalan: llòbrec

• “lóbrego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024