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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lamentāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
lamentar (first-person singular present lamento, first-person singular preterite lamentí, past participle lamentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to lament
Conjugation
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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto lamenti, English lament, French lamenter, German lamentieren, Italian lamentare, Spanish lamentar.
Pronunciation
Verb
lamentar (present tense lamentas, past tense lamentis, future tense lamentos, imperative lamentez, conditional lamentus)
- (intransitive) to lament
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lāmentāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
lamentar (first-person singular present lamento, first-person singular preterite lamentei, past participle lamentado)
- to lament
- to be sorry
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lamentar.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin lamentāre. Cognate with English lament.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamenˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: la‧men‧tar
Verb
lamentar (first-person singular present lamento, first-person singular preterite lamenté, past participle lamentado)
- to lament, to regret
- Synonym: sentir
- to mourn (often followed by la muerte de or la pérdida de)
- Synonyms: llorar, plorar (rare)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of lamentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive lamentar
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dative
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lamentarme
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lamentarte
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lamentarle, lamentarse
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lamentarnos
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lamentaros
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lamentarles, lamentarse
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accusative
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lamentarme
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lamentarte
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lamentarlo, lamentarla, lamentarse
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lamentarnos
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lamentaros
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lamentarlos, lamentarlas, lamentarse
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with gerund lamentando
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dative
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lamentándome
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lamentándote
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lamentándole, lamentándose
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lamentándonos
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lamentándoos
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lamentándoles, lamentándose
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accusative
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lamentándome
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lamentándote
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lamentándolo, lamentándola, lamentándose
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lamentándonos
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lamentándoos
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lamentándolos, lamentándolas, lamentándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative lamenta
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dative
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laméntame
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laméntate
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laméntale
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laméntanos
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not used
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laméntales
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accusative
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laméntame
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laméntate
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laméntalo, laméntala
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laméntanos
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not used
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laméntalos, laméntalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative lamentá
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dative
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lamentame
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lamentate
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lamentale
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lamentanos
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not used
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lamentales
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accusative
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lamentame
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lamentate
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lamentalo, lamentala
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lamentanos
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not used
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lamentalos, lamentalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative lamente
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dative
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laménteme
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not used
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laméntele, laméntese
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laméntenos
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not used
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laménteles
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accusative
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laménteme
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not used
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laméntelo, laméntela, laméntese
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laméntenos
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not used
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laméntelos, laméntelas
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with first-person plural imperative lamentemos
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dative
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not used
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lamentémoste
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lamentémosle
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lamentémonos
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lamentémoos
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lamentémosles
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accusative
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not used
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lamentémoste
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lamentémoslo, lamentémosla
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lamentémonos
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lamentémoos
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lamentémoslos, lamentémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative lamentad
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dative
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lamentadme
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not used
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lamentadle
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lamentadnos
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lamentaos
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lamentadles
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accusative
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lamentadme
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not used
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lamentadlo, lamentadla
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lamentadnos
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lamentaos
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lamentadlos, lamentadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative lamenten
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dative
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laméntenme
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not used
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laméntenle
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laméntennos
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not used
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laméntenles, laméntense
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accusative
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laméntenme
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not used
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laméntenlo, laméntenla
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laméntennos
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not used
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laméntenlos, laméntenlas, laméntense
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