lacrimejar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *lacrimizāre. The reason for there being a /k/ instead of the expected */ɡ/ (cf. lágrima) is not apparent.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.kɾi.meˈʒa(ʁ)/ [la.kɾi.meˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /la.kɾi.meˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /la.kɾi.meˈʒa(ʁ)/ [la.kɾi.meˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /la.kɾi.meˈʒa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.kɾi.mɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.kɾi.mɨˈʒa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: la‧cri‧me‧jar

Verb

lacrimejar (first-person singular present lacrimejo, first-person singular preterite lacrimejei, past participle lacrimejado)

  1. to tear up (have watery eyes before crying)
    Synonym: marejar
    • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:
      Um outro escritor, sim, mas teria que ser homem porque escritora mulher pode lacrimejar piegas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation