noun, feminine/sonˈrisa/plural: sonrisas
smile
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Latin rīdeō Latin subrīdeō Latin subrīsus Latin subrīsa Spanish sonrisa 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 older sonriso (from Latin subrīsus, subrīsūs). By surface analysis, son- + risa.