Example sentences for: llorona

How can you use “llorona” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The ancient legend of La Llorona has been traced to pre-Columbian times in Mexico, and there is continuing discussion whether it may also have medieval European origins.

  • La Llorona, meaning “the weeping woman” or “the howling woman,” may be represented as an Indian woman, an ugly old witch, or a beautiful woman in white with long flowing hair.

  • See also Agreda, María de Jesus Coronel de; La Llorona; Murrieta, Joaquín

  • Contemporary texts of La Llorona collected in Mexico assert that the original Llorona was La Malinche, the mistress of Cortés.

  • Many Chicanos see themselves as orphans of La Llorona, as the lost children of the marriage between the Aztecs and the Spanish Conquerors.


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