chorar

Meaning

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)

Hyphenated as

cho‧rar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Ele começou a chorar de repente .

He started crying all of a sudden.