sollozo

See also: sollozó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /soˈʝoθo/ [soˈʝo.θo] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /soˈʎoθo/ [soˈʎo.θo] (rural northern Spain)
 
 
  • IPA(key): /soˈʃoso/ [soˈʃo.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /soˈʒoso/ [soˈʒo.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in some glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Cognate of Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț; also related to French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutium. Doublet of singulto.

Noun

sollozo m (plural sollozos)

  1. sob

Etymology 2

Verb

sollozo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sollozar

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