lacrimejar - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.kɾi.meˈʒa(ʁ)/ [la.kɾi.meˈʒa(h)]

• (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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /la.kɾi.meˈʒa(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.kɾi.mɨˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.kɾi.mɨˈʒaɾ/

  • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.kɾi.mɨˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧me‧jar

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

• “lacrimejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026