lamentar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bewail verb To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- lament verb To express deep sorrow or regret over something.
- mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
- mourn verb To feel or express deep sadness, especially over someone's death.
- regret verb To feel sorry about something that happened, or wish it had gone differently.
- repine verb To complain; to regret; to fret.
- sorry adj Feeling regret or wanting to apologize for something one did.
Senses
lamentar is used for these senses in English:
- bewail To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- mean (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]
- mean (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- regret To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- repine (intransitive, now, literary) To complain; to regret; to fret. [from early 16th c.]
- sorry (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
- sorry (of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
lament — full definition
- verb To express deep sorrow or regret over something.
- noun An expression of grief or regret, sometimes in the form of a song or poem.