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plañidero

Spanish, adjective/plaɲiˈdeɾo/

plañidero is a Spanish adjective meaning “prone to crying or lamenting; crybabylike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que es lastimero o lloroso”.

What does plañidero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    prone to crying or lamenting; crybabylike

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que es lastimero o lloroso.

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 plañidero

  • plañidera feminine
  • plañideros masculine plural
  • plañideras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce plañidero?

  • /plaɲiˈdeɾo/
  • [pla.ɲiˈð̞e.ɾo]
  • [plaɲiˈð̞eɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to plañidero

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is plañidero in Spanish?

plañidero appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).