English translation of "mujeres que lloran" - "weeping women"

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226 months ago

Brenda Galvan (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	mujeres que lloran
Context:	�Cu�l le va mejor: "weeping wo
Keywords:	-

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226 months ago

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weeping women

My comment:

weep es llorar, como define el Webster's, vea:

weep (wep) wept, weeping
vi.
1 to manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by crying, wailing, or, esp., shedding tears
2 to lament or mourn: with for
3 to let fall drops of water or other liquid; esp., to drop moisture condensed from the air [cold pipes weep in hot weather]
4 to exude water or other liquid [wounds, plant stems, etc. weep]
vt.
1 to weep for; lament; bewail; mourn [to weep one's misfortune]
2 to shed (tears or other drops of liquid)
3 to bring to a specified condition by weeping [to weep oneself to sleep]
n.
1 [often pl.] a fit of weeping
2 an exudation or dripping of moisture
SYN. cry

Etymology
[ME wepen < OE wepan, akin to wop, outcry, Goth wopjan, OS wopian < IE base *wab-, to cry, complain > OSlav vabiti, to call to]

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