elegía

See also: elegia, elégia, and elegią

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈxia/ [e.leˈxi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: e‧le‧gí‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (ᾠδή) (elegeía (ōidḗ), literally “elegiac song”), from the feminine form of ἐλεγείος (elegeíos), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “mournful poem”).

Noun

elegía f (plural elegías)

1. elegy

Related terms

• elegíaco, elegiaco
• élego

Descendants

• → Tagalog: elehiya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

elegía

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of elegir

Further reading

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