elegía

== 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) elegy ===== Related terms ===== elegíaco, elegiaco élego ===== Descendants ===== → Tagalog: elehiya === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== elegía 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025