lamentar

to regret

lamentar(lah-mehn-tahr)

transitive verb

1. (to feel sorry)

a. to regret

Lamento no haber ido a ver a mi abuela antes de su muerte.

I regret not having gone to see my grandmother before her death.

b. to be sorry about

Lamento lo que le pasó a tu perro.

I'm sorry about what happened to your dog.

c. to lament (formal)

Lamentamos el fallecimiento de su padre.

We lament the passing of your father.

lamentarse

pronominal verb

2. (to express dissatisfaction)

a. to complain

No tiene sentido lamentarse de lo ocurrido.

There's no sense in complaining about what happened.

b. to grumble

El cascarrabias caminaba por la calle, lamentándose de todo.

The curmudgeon walked down the street, grumbling about everything.

lamentar

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to regret, to be sorry about

lo lamentoI'm very sorry

lamentamos comunicarle…we regret to inform you…

pronominal verb

2. (general)

a. to complain

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lamentar

transitive verb

(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 ...

pronominal verb

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