gråta ut

Swedish

Verb

gråta ut (present gråter ut, preterite grät ut, supine gråtit ut, imperative gråt ut)

  1. to cry without holding back one's tears until one is done crying
    Ibland är det skönt att få gråta ut
    Sometimes it's nice to [get to] have a good cry
  2. (figuratively, sometimes derogatory) to publicly display sadness or regret about something
    Mördaren fick gråta ut om sin tuffa uppväxt i TV
    The murderer got to cry about his tough upbringing on TV

Conjugation

Conjugation of gråta (class 7 strong)
active passive
infinitive gråta ut —
supine gråtit ut —
imperative gråt ut —
imper. plural1 gråten ut —
present past present past
indicative gråter ut grät ut — —
ind. plural1 gråta ut gräto ut — —
subjunctive2 gråte ut gräte ut — —
present participle —
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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