- lament
- lə'ment
1. verb(to feel or express regret for: We all lament his death; He sat lamenting over his past failures.) lamentar
2. noun1) (a poem or piece of music which laments something: This song is a lament for those killed in battle.) endecha2) (a show of grief, regret etc: I'm not going to sit listening to her laments all day.) lamento•lamenttr[lə'ment]noun1 lamento2 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL endechatransitive verb1 lamentar, llorarintransitive verb1 lamentarse (over, de)\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe late lamented el/la recientemente fallecido,-alament [lə'mɛnt] vt1) mourn: llorar, llorar por2) deplore: lamentar, deplorarlament vi: llorarlament n: lamento mlamentn.• elegía s.f.• lamento s.m.v.• deplorar v.• lamentar v.• lamentarse v.• querellarse v.lə'ment
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nouna) (expression of sorrow) lamento mb) (Lit) elegía f
II
1.
transitive verba) (deplore) \<\<misfortune/failure/absence\>\> lamentarb) (mourn) (liter) \<\<death/loss\>\> llorar
2.
vi (liter) llorar[lǝ'ment]to lament OVER something — llorar algo
1.N (=poem) elegía f , endecha f (for por); (=song) canción f elegíaca, endecha f ; (=grief) lamento m2.VT [+ absence, lack, loss] llorar, lamentarshe was lamenting her misfortune — se lamentaba de su infortunio
to lament sb — llorar la muerte de algn, llorar a algn
it is much to be lamented that ... — es de lamentar que ... + subjun
3.VIto lament over sth — [+ passing, loss] llorar algo, lamentarse de algo
to lament for sb — llorar a algn
* * *[lə'ment]
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nouna) (expression of sorrow) lamento mb) (Lit) elegía f
II
1.
transitive verba) (deplore) \<\<misfortune/failure/absence\>\> lamentarb) (mourn) (liter) \<\<death/loss\>\> llorar
2.
vi (liter) llorarto lament OVER something — llorar algo
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
