sonrisa

• sorrisa

From Latin subrisa, feminine of subrīsus, past participle of subrīdeō (“I smile”).

sonrisa f (plural sonrises)

1. smile

• sonrir

Inherited from Latin subrīsa, feminine of subrīsus, perfect passive participle of subrīdeō (“to smile”). According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 17th century. Displaced Latin subrīsus, subrīsūs, which would have yielded sonriso.

• IPA^(key): /sonˈrisa/ [sõnˈri.sa]

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

sonrisa f (plural sonrisas)

1. smile

• “sonrisa”, in Diccionario 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”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 858