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"Scream" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "gritar", and "groan" is a noun which is often translated as "el gemido". Learn more about the difference between "scream" and "groan" below.
scream(
skrim
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
1. (to yell)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (loud cry)
b. el chillido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I heard a scream at the dentist's office, so I got up and left.Oí un chillido en la oficina del dentista, así que me paré y me fui.
c. el alarido (M) (louder)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She heard a scream in the line for the roller coaster and decided it would be better not to ride it.Escuchó un alarido en la fila para la montaña rusa y decidió que era mejor no montarse.
4. (colloquial) (very funny)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
groan(
gron
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (moan)
b. el quejido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Every time he shifted his body in the hospital bed, he let out a groan.Cada vez que movía el cuerpo en la cama del hospital, dejaba escapar un quejido.
c. el gruñido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He tripped and fell with a groan.Se tropezó y cayó soltando un gruñido.
2. (creak)
a. el crujido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
When she heard the groan of the step, Hannah knew someone had broken into the house.Al escuchar el crujido del escalón, Hanna supo que alguien había entrado en la casa.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
b. refunfuñar
Everyone groaned about the long lines at the airport on the day before Christmas.Todo el mundo refunfuñaba por las largas colas que había en el aeropuerto el día antes de Navidad.
c. quejarse
She groaned about having to go outside in the snow.Se quejó de tener que salir a la nieve.
4. (to moan)
5. (to creak)
a. crujir
The table was groaning under the weight of the banquet that the host prepared.La mesa estaba que crujía bajo el peso del banquete que preparó el anfitrión.
a. estar agobiado
The school's teachers are groaning under their heavy workload.Los maestros de la escuela están agobiados por el gran volumen de trabajo.
