sonrisa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• sorrisa

Etymology

FromLatinsubrisa,feminine ofsubrīsus,past participle ofsubrīdeō(“I smile”).

Noun

sonrisaf(pluralsonrises)

1. smile

Related terms

• sonrir

Spanish

Una mujer sonriente
A smiling woman

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinsubrīsa,feminine ofsubrīsus,perfect passive participle ofsubrīdeō(“to smile”).According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 17th century. Displaced Latinsubrīsus, subrīsūs,which would have yieldedsonriso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/sonˈrisa/[sõnˈri.sa]

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• Rhymes:-isa
• Syllabification:son‧ri‧sa

Noun

sonrisaf(pluralsonrisas)

1. smile

Related terms

• reír(“to laugh”)
  • risa(“laugh, laughter”)
  • sonreír(“to smile”)
  • sonriente(“smiling”)

Further reading

• “sonrisa”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• Joan Coromines,José A[ntonio] Pascual(1985) “reír”, inDiccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico[Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos,→ISBN,page858