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)
- 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
Conjugation of lacrimejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.