plañidera
Spanish, noun/plaɲiˈdeɾa/
plañidera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “weeper, mourner, grieve (a woman paid to grieve at a funeral)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of plañidero. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mujer a la cual se le paga para que asista y llore en un funeral”.
What does plañidera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweeper, mourner, grieve (a woman paid to grieve at a funeral)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of plañidero
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mujer a la cual se le paga para que asista y llore en un funeral.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plañidera
- plañideras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plañidera?
- /plaɲiˈdeɾa/
- [pla.ɲiˈð̞e.ɾa]
- [plaɲiˈð̞eɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plañidera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plañidera in Spanish?
plañidera appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).