letanía

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin litanīa, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”), from λιτή (litḗ, “supplication”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /letaˈnia/ [le.t̪aˈni.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: le‧ta‧ní‧a

Noun

letanía f (plural letanías)

litany (a ritual liturgical prayer)
litany (a prolonged or tedious list)

Descendants

→ Cebuano: litaniya
→ Tagalog: litaniya

Further reading

“letanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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