llorar

/ʝoˈɾaɾ/, [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾaɾ], /ʝoˈɾaɾ/, [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾaɾ]

cry, mourn


Verb llorar (first-person singular present lloro, first-person singular preterite lloré, past participle llorado)

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep
    El bebé lloró toda la noche.
    The baby cried all night.
  2. (transitive) to mourn

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • No pudimos evitar llorar.

    We couldn't help weeping.

  • Ella se volvió y comenzó a llorar.

    She turned away and began to cry.

  • Hizo llorar a mi madre.

    It made my mother cry.

  • Lo hice llorar.

    I made him cry.

  • Pero en serio, el episodio 21 casi me hizo llorar de risa.

    Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing.

  • Ella intentó en vano no llorar.

    She tried in vain not to cry.

  • No podía dejar de llorar.

    I couldn't stop crying.

  • ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que hiciste llorar a María?

    When was the last time you made Mary cry?

  • Ella se puso a llorar apenas salió de la pieza.

    She began to cry as soon as she left the room.

  • Es inútil llorar para conseguir ayuda. Nadie te oirá.

    There is no use crying for help. No one will hear you.

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