chorar

Signification (Anglais)

1. (intransitive) to cry; to weep (to shed tears from the eyes)
2. (transitive) to cry (to shed a given substance, or number of tears, from the eyes)
3. (broadly, intransitive, transitive) to exude; to seep; to ooze
4. (colloquial, intransitive) to whine (to make petty complaints)
5. (Brazil, broadly, intransitive, transitive) to haggle (to argue for a better deal)
6. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) to show empathy, especially by crying
7. (intransitive, transitive) to cry over
8. (Brazil, informal, intransitive) to spend some time almost scoring (of a ball)

Concepts

pleurer

😢

chialer

😢

brailler

crier

larmoyer

pleurnicher

Synonymes

lacrimejar

derramar lágrimas

choramingar

prantear

Traductions

cry

😢

llorar

😢

weinen

huilen

😢

weep

piangere

plorar

😢

wenen

😢

ağlamak

😢

schreien

😢

girîn

بكى

😢

κλαίω

krijten

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de latin: ploro

Appartenant à galicien: chorar

Appartenant à espagnol: llorar

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chorar, from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”). Compare Galician chorar and Spanish llorar.

Phrases

Ele começou a chorar de repente .

Il a commencé à pleurer soudainement.