plorar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin plōrāre, present active infinitive of plōrō (“cry out”).

Verb

plorar

1. to cry

Conjugation

Conjugation of plorar (first conjugation)

infinitive			plorar
gerund			plorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plorau, plorato		plorada, plorata
		plural		ploraus, ploratos		ploradas, ploratas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	ploro	ploras	plora	ploramos	ploraz	ploran
	imperfect	ploraba, plorabe	plorabas	ploraba	plorabanos	plorabaz	ploraban
	preterite	ploré	plorés	ploró	ploremos	plorez	plororon, plorón
	future	ploraré	plorarás	plorará	ploraremos	plorarez	plorarán
	conditional	ploraría	plorarías	ploraría	ploraríanos	ploraríaz	plorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	plore	plores	plore	ploremos	plorez	ploren
	imperfect	plorase	plorases	plorase	plorasenos	plorasez	plorasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	plora	—	—	ploraz	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan plorar, from Latin plōrāre (“cry out”). Compare Occitan plorar, Spanish llorar, French pleurer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pluˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ploˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ploˈɾaɾ]

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Verb

plorar (first-person singular present ploro, first-person singular preterite plorí, past participle plorat)

1. to cry, to weep

   Synonym: llagrimejar

Derived terms

• plor
• ploracossos
• plorador
• ploralla
• ploramiques
• ploramorts
• ploraner
• plorera
• ploricó
• plorinyar
• ploró

 

References

• “plorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “plorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin plorare, present active infinitive of plorō.

Verb

plorar

1. to cry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plorar

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorar			haveir plorá
gerund		ploránt			hayent plorá
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	plorá			ploráe
	plural	plorás			ploráes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	ploro	plores	ploret	plorems	plorads	ploront
	imperfect	ploravo	ploraves	ploravet	ploravams	ploravads	ploravant
	preterite	plorei	plorés	plorét	plorémos	plorêtes	ploréront
	future	plorerai	plorerés	plorerat	plorerems	plorereds	ploreránt
	conditional	plorerim	ploreries	ploreriet	ploreriams	ploreriads	ploreriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	ploro	plores	ploret	plorams	plorads	plorant
	imperfect	ploresso	ploresses	ploresset	ploressams	ploressads	ploressant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			plora		plorams	plorads

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Ido

Etymology

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Verb

plorar (present tense ploras, past tense ploris, future tense ploros, imperative plorez, conditional plorus)

1. (intransitive) to cry, weep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plorar

		present		past		future
infinitive		plorar		plorir		ploror
tense		ploras		ploris		ploros
conditional		plorus
imperative		plorez
adjective active participle		ploranta		plorinta		ploronta
adverbial active participle		plorante		plorinte		ploronte
nominal active participle	singular	ploranto		plorinto		ploronto
	plural	ploranti		plorinti		ploronti

Antonyms

• ridar

Derived terms

• ploregar

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan plorar, from Latin plōrāre, present active infinitive of plōrō (“cry out”). Compare French pleurer, Catalan plorar, Spanish llorar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

plorar

1. to cry, to weep

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorar			aver plorat
gerund		plorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		plorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	plori	ploras	plora	ploram	ploratz	ploran
	imperfect	ploravi	ploravas	plorava	ploràvem	ploràvetz	ploravan
	preterite	plorèri	plorères	plorèt	plorèrem	plorèretz	plorèron
	future	plorarai	ploraràs	plorarà	plorarem	ploraretz	ploraràn
	conditional	plorariái	plorariás	plorariá	plorariam	plorariatz	plorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	plorèra	plorèras	plorèra	ploreram	ploreratz	plorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	plore	plores	plore	plorem	ploretz	ploren
	imperfect	plorèssi	plorèsses	plorèsse	plorèssem	plorèssetz	plorèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			plora		plorem	ploratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorar			aver plorat
gerund		plorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		plorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	plore	plores	plora	ploram	ploratz	ploron
	imperfect	plorave	ploraves	plorava	ploraviam	ploraviatz	ploravon
	preterite	plorere	ploreres	ploret	plorem	ploretz	ploreron
	future	plorarai	ploraràs	plorará	plorarem	ploraretz	plorarán
	conditional	plorariá	plorariás	plorariá	plorariam	plorariatz	plorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	plorèra	plorèras	plorèra	ploreram	ploreratz	plorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	plore	plores	plore	plorassiam	plorassiatz	ploron
	imperfect	ploresse	ploresses	ploresse	ploressiam	ploressiatz	ploresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			plora		plorassiam	ploratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorar			aver plorat
gerund		plorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		plorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	plori	ploras	plora	ploram	ploratz	ploran
	imperfect	ploravi	ploravas	plorava	ploràvam	ploràvatz	ploravan
	preterite	plorèi	plorès	plorè	plorèm	plorètz	plorèn
	future	plorarèi	ploraràs	plorarà	ploraram	ploraratz	ploraràn
	conditional	plorarí	plorarés	ploraré	plorarem	ploraretz	plorarén
	conditional 2nd form1	plorèra	plorèras	plorèra	ploreram	ploreratz	plorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	plori	plores	plore	plorem	ploretz	ploren
	imperfect	plorèssi	plorèsses	plorèsse	plorèssem	plorèssetz	plorèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			plora		plorem	ploratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorar			aver plorat
gerund		plorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		plorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	plore	ploras	plora	ploram	ploratz	ploran
	imperfect	plorava	ploravas	plorava	ploràvam	ploràvatz	ploravan
	preterite	plorei	ploreras	ploret	plorèram	plorèratz	ploreran
	future	plorarai	ploraràs	plorará	plorarem	ploraretz	plorarán
	conditional	plorariá	plorariàs	plorariá	plorariam	plorariatz	plorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	plorèra	plorèras	plorèra	ploreram	ploreratz	plorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	plore	plores	plore	plorem	ploretz	ploren
	imperfect	plorèsse	plorèsses	plorèsse	plorèssem	plorèssetz	plorèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			plora		plorem	ploratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorar			aver plorat
gerund		plorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		plorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	plore	plores	plora	ploram	ploratz	ploran
	imperfect	ploravi	ploravas	plorava	ploràvem	ploràvetz	ploravan
	preterite	plorère	plorères	plorèt	ploreriam	ploreriatz	plorèron
	future	plorarai	ploraràs	plorarà	plorarem	ploraretz	ploraràn
	conditional	plorariáu	plorariás	plorariá	plorariam	plorariatz	plorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	plorèra	plorèras	plorèra	ploreram	ploreratz	plorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	plore	plores	plore	plorem	ploretz	ploran
	imperfect	plorèsse	plorèsses	plorèsse	ploressiam	ploressiatz	plorèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			plora		plorem	ploratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plōrāre, present active infinitive of plorō.

Verb

plorar (first-person singular present ploro, first-person singular preterite ploré, past participle plorado)

1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep

   El bebé ploró toda la noche.

   The baby cried all night.

2. (transitive) to mourn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			plorar
gerund			plorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plorado		plorada
		plural		plorados		ploradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ploro	plorastú plorásvos	plora	ploramos	ploráis	ploran
	imperfect	ploraba	plorabas	ploraba	plorábamos	plorabais	ploraban
	preterite	ploré	ploraste	ploró	ploramos	plorasteis	ploraron
	future	ploraré	plorarás	plorará	ploraremos	ploraréis	plorarán
	conditional	ploraría	plorarías	ploraría	ploraríamos	ploraríais	plorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plore	plorestú plorésvos2	plore	ploremos	ploréis	ploren
	imperfect (ra)	plorara	ploraras	plorara	ploráramos	plorarais	ploraran
	imperfect (se)	plorase	plorases	plorase	plorásemos	ploraseis	plorasen
	future1	plorare	plorares	plorare	ploráremos	plorareis	ploraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ploratú plorávos	plore	ploremos	plorad	ploren
	negative		no plores	no plore	no ploremos	no ploréis	no ploren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of plorar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive plorar
	dative	plorarme	plorarte	plorarle, plorarse	plorarnos	ploraros	plorarles, plorarse
	accusative	plorarme	plorarte	plorarlo, plorarla, plorarse	plorarnos	ploraros	plorarlos, plorarlas, plorarse
with gerund plorando
	dative	plorándome	plorándote	plorándole, plorándose	plorándonos	plorándoos	plorándoles, plorándose
	accusative	plorándome	plorándote	plorándolo, plorándola, plorándose	plorándonos	plorándoos	plorándolos, plorándolas, plorándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative plora
	dative	plórame	plórate	plórale	plóranos	not used	plórales
	accusative	plórame	plórate	plóralo, plórala	plóranos	not used	plóralos, plóralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative plorá
	dative	plorame	plorate	plorale	ploranos	not used	plorales
	accusative	plorame	plorate	ploralo, plorala	ploranos	not used	ploralos, ploralas
with formal second-person singular imperative plore
	dative	plóreme	not used	plórele, plórese	plórenos	not used	plóreles
	accusative	plóreme	not used	plórelo, plórela, plórese	plórenos	not used	plórelos, plórelas
with first-person plural imperative ploremos
	dative	not used	plorémoste	plorémosle	plorémonos	plorémoos	plorémosles
	accusative	not used	plorémoste	plorémoslo, plorémosla	plorémonos	plorémoos	plorémoslos, plorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plorad
	dative	ploradme	not used	ploradle	ploradnos	ploraos	ploradles
	accusative	ploradme	not used	ploradlo, ploradla	ploradnos	ploraos	ploradlos, ploradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ploren
	dative	plórenme	not used	plórenle	plórennos	not used	plórenles, plórense
	accusative	plórenme	not used	plórenlo, plórenla	plórennos	not used	plórenlos, plórenlas, plórense

Related terms

• llorar

Further reading

• “plorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014