burst into tears

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

burst into tears (third-person singular simple present bursts into tears, present participle bursting into tears, simple past and past participle burst into tears)

1. (idiomatic) To suddenly start crying or sobbing.

Coordinate terms

• melt into tears

Translations

suddenly start crying

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突然哭起來／突然哭起来 (tūrán kū qǐlái), 突然哭起来 (tūrán kū qǐlái)

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• Finnish: puhjeta itkuun
• French: éclater en sanglots, fondre en larmes (fr)
• Polish: rozpłakać się