cry

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llorar

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cry

[kraɪ]

sustantivo

1grito (m) (call) (of person, animal); consigna (f) (in demonstration)

to give a cry -> dar un grito
a cry of pain -> un grito de dolor
a cry for help (sentido figurado) -> una petición de ayuda
it's a far cry from what was promised -> no tiene nada que ver con lo que se prometió

2(weeping)

to have a good cry -> llorar abundantemente

verbo transitivo (pt & pp cried [kraɪd])

3exclamar (exclaim)

4(weep)

she cried herself to sleep -> lloró hasta quedarse dormida

verbo intransitivo

5llorar (weep)

to cry over something -> llorar por algo
there's no point in crying over spilled milk (Prov) -> a lo hecho, pecho

6gritar (shout, call)

to cry for help -> gritar pidiendo ayuda

cry [krai]

verbo neutro (intransitivo)

1Gritar, vocear, llamar a voces (person); chillar (bird). (n)

For crying out loud! -> ¡por el amor de Dios

2Pregonar, publicar. (Coloquial)

3Exclamar: lamentarse.

4Llorar (weep), gimotear.

5Aullar, bramar.

6Llorar (weep).

He cried himself to sleep -> lloró hasta quedarse dormido

7Gritar (call).

8Pregonar, publicar la pérdida o hallazgo de alguna cosa.

To cry aloud -> levantar la voz; llorar a gritos
To cry down -> culpar; hacer callar a uno a fuerza de voces; menospreciar; reprimir; rebatir o responder con demasiada violencia; prohibir
To cry for -> (a) gritar, pedir llorando; (b) llorar a causa de
To cry for joy -> llorar de alegría
To cry off -> renunciar, no querer más
To cry out -> gritar fuertemente, vocear, exclamar; llorar dando quejidos; estar de parto; publicar las faltas de alguno
To cry out upon one -> avergonzar a alguno
To cry one’s eyes out -> llorar amargamente
To cry unto -> invocar, reclamar
To cr -> up, aplaudir, alabar; pondear, exagerar, exaltar
To cry one up for a saint -> hacer pasar a alguno por santo

(Coloq.)-va.

sustantivo

1CRIES) 1.

To give/let out a dar/soltar un grito. She heard cries for help -> oyó gritos de socorro

2Lamento, lloro o llanto (weep).

To have a llorar -> 3. Gritería, clamor, grito; aplauso

3Pregón (of street vendor; promulgación, publicación. Lema, slogan (slogan).

4Aclamación.

5Llamada importuna.

6Muta, cuadrilla de perros de caz

adjetivo

A far camino largo. Great cry and little wool -> mucho ruido y pocas nueces

Alarido, grito (exclamation). Chillido (call of seagull).

cry [kraɪ]

noun

1 (call, shout) grito; (m) (howl) [of animal] aullido; (m) [of street vendor] pregón; (m)

to give a cry of surprise dar un grito de sorpresa; "jobs, not bombs" was their cry su grito de guerra fue —trabajo sí, bombas no; a cry for help un grito de socorro auxilio;or una llamada de socorro auxilio;or the hounds were in full cry los perros seguían de cerca la presa; the crowd was in full cry after him la multitud lo perseguía con gritos; the newspapers are in full cry over the scandal la prensa ha puesto el grito en el cielo por el escándalo

it's a far cry from that

far

2 (watchword) lema; (m) slogan; (m)

3 (weep) llanto; (m)

to have a cry llorar; she had a good cry lloró largamente

verb:intransitive

1 (call out, shout) gritar; llamar (en voz alta)

they are crying for his resignation piden a gritos que dimita; he cried (out) with pain dio un grito de dolor; to cry for help/mercy pedir socorro/clemencia a voces

2 (weep) llorar

he was crying for his mother lloraba por su madre; I cried for joy lloraba de alegría; she was crying with rage lloraba de rabia; I laughed till I cried terminé llorando de la risa; I'll give him something to cry about! (informal) le voy a dar de qué llorar; to cry over sth llorar por algo

I'm crying over things that happened years ago nowadays she cried over anything Monica Nickell revealed that she didn't cry over Rachel's brutal death on Wimbledon Common a tough guy who cries over a song

it's no good crying over spilt milk a lo hecho, pecho

shoulder

verb:transitive

1 (also cry out) (call) gritar; [+warning] lanzar a gritos; [+wares] pregonar

to cry o.s. to sleep llorar hasta dormirse

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "cry"

Imperative

cry
you cry
he/she cries
we cry
you cry
they cry

Preterite

I cried
you cried
he/she cried
we cried
you cried
they cried

Present Continuous

I am crying
you are crying
he/she is crying
we are crying
you are crying
they are crying

Present Perfect

I have cried
you have cried
he/she has cried
we have cried
you have cried
they have cried

Past Continuous

I was crying
you were crying
he/she was crying
we were crying
you were crying
they were crying

Past Perfect

I had cried
you had cried
he/she had cried
we had cried
you had cried
they had cried

Future

I will cry
you will cry
he/she will cry
we will cry
you will cry
they will cry

Future Perfect

I will have cried
you will have cried
he/she will have cried
we will have cried
you will have cried
they will have cried

Future Continuous

I will be crying
you will be crying
he/she will be crying
we will be crying
you will be crying
they will be crying

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been crying
you have been crying
he/she has been crying
we have been crying
you have been crying
they have been crying

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been crying
you will have been crying
he/she will have been crying
we will have been crying
you will have been crying
they will have been crying

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been crying
you had been crying
he/she had been crying
we had been crying
you had been crying
they had been crying

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