lacrimoso

English

Etymology

From Italian.

Adverb

lacrimoso (not comparable)

1. (music) Sadly, unhappily, grievingly.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lacrimōsus. By surface analysis, lacrima +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.kriˈmo.zo/, (traditional) /la.kriˈmo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧mó‧so

Adjective

lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosi, feminine plural lacrimose)

1. teary, tear-filled, wet
2. pathetic
3. weeping, whining

Derived terms

• lacrimosamente

Related terms

• lacrima

Anagrams

• clamorosi, simolacro

Latin

Adjective

lacrimōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lacrimōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lacrimōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kɾiˈmo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kɾiˈmo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kɾiˈmo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.kɾiˈmo.zu/

• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧mo‧so

Adjective

lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosos, feminine plural lacrimosas, metaphonic)

1. lachrymose; tearful (having tears on one’s eyes; about to cry)
2. lachrymose (causing tears, or emotional distress)

Related terms

• lacrimal
• lágrima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lacrimōsus.

Adjective

lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosos, feminine plural lacrimosas)

1. (relational) tear (of the eye), weeping; lachrymose (of or relating to tears or weeping)

Related terms

• lacrimógeno
• lágrima

 

Further reading

• “lacrimoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28