lamentar
Spanish, verb/lamenˈtaɾ/
lamentar is spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lamentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lament, to regret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentir vivamente una cosa llorándola”.
What does lamentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lament, to regret
- 2
to mourn (often followed by la muerte de or la pérdida de)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sentir vivamente una cosa llorándola.
verb: 1. Quejarse con llanto, sollozos u otras demostraciones de dolor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lamentar
- lamento first-person present singular
- lamenté first-person preterite singular
- lamentado participle past
- lamentando gerund
- lamentada feminine participle past
- lamentados masculine participle past
- lamentadas feminine participle past
- lamentas indicative informal present
- lamentás indicative informal present
- lamenta indicative present singular
- lamentamos first-person indicative plural
- lamentáis indicative plural present
- lamentan indicative plural present
- lamentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- lamentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lamentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lamentabais imperfect indicative plural
- lamentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lamentar?
- /lamenˈtaɾ/
- [la.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [lamẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lamentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lamentar in Spanish?
lamentar appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).