quejarse

/keˈxaɾse/, [keˈxaɾ.se]

complain


Verb quejarse (first-person singular present me quejo, first-person singular preterite me quejé, past participle quejado)

  1. to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to fuss, to bitch, to beef
  2. to grumble, to moan, to groan
  3. to quarrel

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


Examples
  • Quejarse no servirá de nada.

    Complaining won't change anything.

  • ¿Cómo se atreve a quejarse?

    How dare he complain?

  • No hacen más que quejarse.

    They do nothing but complain.

  • Es difícil quejarse de gente tan buena.

    It's hard to complain against such good people.

  • No tiene caso quejarse.

    It is no use complaining.

  • Las amas de casa de hoy en día no hacen otra cosa que quejarse de los altos precios.

    Today's housewives do nothing but complain of high prices.

  • ¿Cómo osa quejarse?

    How dare he complain?

  • Escuché a algunos alumnos quejarse por la tarea.

    I heard some students complain about the homework.

  • Tom es la clase de persona a la que le gusta quejarse.

    Tom is the type of person who likes to complain.

  • ¡Dejen de quejarse!

    Quit complaining.

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