tearjerker
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This word may also be spelled "tear-jerker."
tearjerker(
tir
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juhr
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kuhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (general)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
For me, any movie where a dog dies is a tearjerker.Para mí, cualquier película donde muere un perro es lacrimógena.
Ricardo has been playing tearjerkers for days after his breakup.Después de su ruptura, Ricardo lleva días poniendo canciones sentimentales.
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