chorar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chorar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”). Compare Portuguese chorar and Spanish llorar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈɾaɾ/

Verb

chorar (first-person singular present choro, first-person singular preterite chorei, past participle chorado)

1. to cry, weep

   Synonyms: bagoar, bagoxar, bagullar, esbagoar, esbagullar, lagrimexar, lepear

2. (informal) to complain
3. (transitive, slang) to steal; to shoplift
   • 2009, Malándromeda, Festa malandrómica :

     ti tes estilo incluso chorando un bolso

     you have class, even when stealing a bag

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• “chorar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “chorar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “chorar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chorar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chorar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo.ˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”).

Verb

chorar

1. to cry; to weep
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

Conjugation

Descendants

• Fala: choral
• Galician: chorar
• Portuguese: chorar (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "chorar₁"

Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Noun

chorar m

1. cry (shedding of tears)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "chorar₂"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chorar, from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”). Compare Galician chorar and Spanish llorar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cho‧rar

Verb

chorar (first-person singular present choro, first-person singular preterite chorei, past participle chorado)

1. (intransitive) to cry; to weep (to shed tears from the eyes)

   Ela passou a noite chorando por causa da morte do pai. ― She spent the night crying because of her father’s death.

2. (transitive) to cry (to shed a given substance, or number of tears, from the eyes)

   O Vaticano investigou o santo que chorava sangue. ― The Vatican investigated the saint who was crying blood.

3. (transitive or intransitive, by extension) to exude; to seep; to ooze
4. (colloquial, intransitive, or transitive with que) to whine (to make petty complaints)

   Nós choramos que não tínhamos dinheiro, mas eles não se importaram. ― We whined that we didn’t have money, but they didn’t care.

5. (transitive or intransitive, by extension, Brazil) to haggle (to argue for a better deal)

   Chorei, chorei, até que o vendedor baixou o preço. ― I haggled and haggled until the salesman lowered the price.

   Chore o preço até que o diminuam. ― Haggle for the price until they lower it.

6. (sometimes figurative, transitive with por) to show empathy, especially by crying

   Não vou chorar pelos famintos. ― I won’t cry for the hungry.

7. (intransitive, or transitive with por or with no preposition) to cry over (an adverse occurrence)

   Não adianta chorar o que aconteceu. ― There is no point in crying over what happened.

8. (intransitive, Brazil, informal, sports, of a ball) to spend some time almost scoring

   A bola chorou por uns cinco segundos antes de cair na cesta. ― The ball circled the hoop for about five seconds before it went through.

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “chorar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “chorar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “chorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “chorar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “chorar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “chorar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.