llorar
Spanish, verb/ʝoˈɾaɾ/
llorar is spelled L-L-O-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,605th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Llorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cry, to weep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Derramar lágrimas”.
What does llorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cry, to weep
El bebé lloró toda la noche.
- 2
to mourn
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Derramar lágrimas.
verb: 1. Lamentarse por algo o darse lástima por algo.
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 llorar
- lloro first-person present singular
- lloré first-person preterite singular
- llorado participle past
- llorando gerund
- llorada feminine participle past
- llorados masculine participle past
- lloradas feminine participle past
- lloras indicative informal present
- llorás indicative informal present
- llora indicative present singular
- lloramos first-person indicative plural
- lloráis indicative plural present
- lloran indicative plural present
- lloraba first-person imperfect indicative
- llorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- llorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- llorabais imperfect indicative plural
- lloraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce llorar?
- /ʝoˈɾaɾ/
- [ɟ͡ʝoˈɾaɾ]
- [ʝoˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to llorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is llorar in Spanish?
llorar appears 32 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).