llòbrec

Probably borrowed from Spanish lóbrego, from either Latin lubricus (“slippery”) or by metathesis from Latin lūgubris (“gloomy”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʎɔ.βɾək]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʎɔ.bɾək]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎɔ.bɾek]

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llòbrec (feminine llòbrega, masculine plural llòbrecs, feminine plural llòbregues)

1. dark, gloomy, mournful, lugubrious

   Synonyms: fosc, tenebrós

• lúgubre

• “llòbrec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “llòbrec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “llòbrec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.