chorar
Portuguese, verb/ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/
chorar is spelled C-H-O-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,566th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cry; to weep (to shed tears from the eyes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “derramar lágrimas por dor ou tristeza”.
What does chorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cry; to weep (to shed tears from the eyes)
Ela passou a noite chorando por causa da morte do pai.
- 2
to cry (to shed a given substance, or number of tears, from the eyes)
O Vaticano investigou o santo que chorava sangue.
- 3
to exude; to seep; to ooze
- 4
colloquialto whine (to make petty complaints)
Nós choramos que não tínhamos dinheiro, mas eles não se importaram.
- 5
Brazilto haggle (to argue for a better deal)
Chorei, chorei, até que o vendedor baixou o preço.
- 6
to show empathy, especially by crying
Não vou chorar pelos famintos.
- 7
to cry over
Não adianta chorar o que aconteceu.
- 8
Brazilinformalto spend some time almost scoring (of a ball)
A bola chorou por uns cinco segundos antes de cair na cesta.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. derramar lágrimas por dor ou tristeza 2. rebater-se no aro uma ou mais vezes, resvalar-se rebatendo nele enquanto gira
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chorar
- choro first-person present singular
- chorei first-person preterite singular
- chorado participle past
- chorares infinitive second-person singular
- chorarmos first-person infinitive plural
- chorardes infinitive plural second-person
- chorarem infinitive plural third-person
- chorando gerund
- chorados masculine participle past
- chorada feminine participle past
- choradas feminine participle past
- choras indicative present second-person
- chora indicative present singular
- choramos first-person indicative plural
- chorais indicative plural present
- choram indicative plural present
- chorava first-person imperfect indicative
- choravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chorar?
- Brazil /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʃoˈɾa(h)]
- /ʃoˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chorar in Portuguese?
chorar appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).