lamentar

∗ ≈

to regret

∗ verb

lamentar
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lamentar

transitive verb

1. to regret, to be sorry about

lo lamento -> I'm very sorry
lamentamos comunicarle… -> we regret to inform you…

lamentarse

pronomial verb

1. to complain (de o por about)

lamentar [lah-men-tar’]

article & verb transitive

1. To lament (pérdida), to mourn (muerte), to bewail, to moan, to complain (quejarse).

verb neuter & verb reflexive

2. To lament, to grieve, to wail, to complain (quejarse), to cry. (n)

lamentar

verbo:transitivo

(sentir) to be sorry about; regret; [+pérdida] to lament; bewail; bemoan (formal)

lamentamos la muerte de su marido we're sorry to hear of your husband's death; no hay que lamentar víctimas fortunately there were no casualties; lamento lo que pasó I'm sorry about what happened; lamentar que to be sorry that; regret that; lamentamos mucho que ... we very much regret that ...

verbo:pronominal

lamentarse

1 (quejarse) to complain

ahora de nada sirve lamentarse there's no point complaining now; lamentarse de algo: se lamenta del tiempo malgastado he regrets the time he wasted; se lamenta de su mala suerte he's cursing his bad luck

2 (llorar) to lament

el país entero se lamenta por la pérdida del presidente the whole country is mourning o (formal) lamenting the loss of the president

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Verb Conjugation for "lamentar" (go to to regret)

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	lamento	lamenté	lamentaba	lamentaré	lamente
Tú	lamentas	lamentaste	lamentabas	lamentarás	lamentes
Ella/Él/Usted	lamenta	lamentó	lamentaba	lamentará	lamente
Nosotros	lamentamos	lamentamos	lamentábamos	lamentaremos	lamentemos
Vosotros	lamentáis	lamentasteis	lamentabais	lamentaréis	lamentéis
Ellos/Ustedes	lamentan	lamentaron	lamentaban	lamentarán	lamenten