chorar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chorar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”). Compare Portuguese chorar and Spanish llorar, more directly, with Portuguese chorar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈɾaɾ/

Verb

chorar (first-person singular present choro, first-person singular preterite chorei, past participle chorado)

1. to cry, weep

   Synonyms: bagoar, bagoxar, bagullar, esbagoar, esbagullar, lagrimexar, lepear

2. (informal) to complain
3. (transitive, slang) to steal; to shoplift
   • 2009, Malándromeda, Festa malandrómica [song]:

     ti tes estilo incluso chorando un bolso

     you have class, even when stealing a bag

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chorar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chorar
Personal	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	choraren
Gerund
	chorando
Past participle
Masculine	chorado			chorados
Feminine	chorada			choradas
Indicative
Present	choro	choras	chora	choramos	chorades	choran
Imperfect	choraba	chorabas	choraba	chorabamos	chorabades	choraban
Preterite	chorei	choraches	chorou	choramos	chorastes	choraron
Pluperfect	chorara	choraras	chorara	choraramos	chorarades	choraran
Future	chorarei	chorarás	chorará	choraremos	choraredes	chorarán
Conditional	choraría	chorarías	choraría	chorariamos	chorariades	chorarían
Subjunctive
Present	chore	chores	chore	choremos	choredes	choren
Imperfect	chorase	chorases	chorase	chorásemos	chorásedes	chorasen
Future	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	choraren
Imperative
Affirmative		chora	chore	choremos	chorade	choren
Negative (non)		non chores	non chore	non choremos	non choredes	non choren

    Reintegrated conjugation of chorar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chorar
Personal	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	chorarem
Gerund
	chorando
Past participle
Masculine	chorado			chorados
Feminine	chorada			choradas
Indicative
Present	choro	choras	chora	choramos	chorades, chorais	choram
Imperfect	chorava	choravas	chorava	chorávamos	chorávades, choráveis, chorávais1	choravam
Preterite	chorei	choraste, chorache1	chorou	choramos	chorastes	chorárom, choraram
Pluperfect	chorara	choraras	chorara	choráramos	chorárades, choráreis, chorárais1	choraram
Future	chorarei	chorarás	chorará	choraremos	choraredes, chorareis	chorarám, chorarão
Conditional	choraria	chorarias	choraria	choraríamos	choraríades, choraríeis, choraríais1	chorariam
Subjunctive
Present	chore	chores	chore	choremos	choredes, choreis	chorem
Imperfect	chorasse	chorasses	chorasse	chorássemos	chorássedes, chorásseis	chorassem
Future	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	chorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		chora	chore	choremos	chorade, chorai	chorem
Negative (nom)		nom chores	nom chore	nom choremos	nom choredes, nom choreis	nom chorem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• chorica
• chorimicar
• choro
• chorón

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “chorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “chorar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chorar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chorar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo.ˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”).

Verb

chorar

1. to cry; to weep
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chorar

infinitive				chorar
gerund		simple		chorando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		chorado		chorados
		feminine		chorada		choradas
present participle				chorante		chorantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	choro	choras	chora	choramos	chorades, choraes, chorais, choraas, chorás	choran
	imperfect	chorava	choravas	chorava	choravamos, chorávamos	choravades, chorávades, chorávaes, chorávais, chorávees, choráveis	choravan
	preterite	chorei	choraste, chorasche, chorache	chorou	choramos	chorastes	choraron
	pluperfect	chorara	choraras	chorara	choraramos, choráramos	chorarades, chorárades, choráraes, chorárais, chorárees, choráreis	choraran
	future	chorarei	chorarás	chorará	choraremos	choraredes, chorarees, chorareis, chorarês	chorarán
	conditional	choraria	chorarias	choraria	chorariamos, choraríamos	chorariades, choraríades, choraríaes, choraríais, choraríees, choraríeis	chorarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	chore	chores	chore	choremos	choredes, chorees, choreis, chorês	choren
	imperfect	chorasse	chorasses	chorasse	chorassemos, chorássemos	chorassedes, chorássedes, chorássees, chorásseis	chorassen
	future	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	choraren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	chora	—	choremos	chorade, chorae, chorai	—
negative		—	non chores	—	non choremos	non choredes, non chorees, non choreis, non chorês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	choraren
1 Haver is more common than tẽer.

Descendants

• Fala: choral
• Galician: chorar
• Portuguese: chorar (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "chorar₁"

Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Noun

chorar m (plural chorars)

1. cry (shedding of tears)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "chorar₂"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chorar, from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”). Compare Galician chorar and Spanish llorar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈɾaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈɾa.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cho‧rar

Verb

chorar (first-person singular present choro, first-person singular preterite chorei, past participle chorado)

1. (intransitive) to cry; to weep (to shed tears from the eyes)

   Ela passou a noite chorando por causa da morte do pai. ― She spent the night crying because of her father’s death.

2. (transitive) to cry (to shed a given substance, or number of tears, from the eyes)

   O Vaticano investigou o santo que chorava sangue. ― The Vatican investigated the saint who was crying blood.

3. (transitive or intransitive, by extension) to exude; to seep; to ooze
4. (intransitive, colloquial) to whine (to make petty complaints) [with que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’]

   Nós choramos que não tínhamos dinheiro, mas eles não se importaram. ― We whined that we didn’t have money, but they didn’t care.

5. (transitive or intransitive, by extension, Brazil) to haggle (to argue for a better deal)

   Chorei, chorei, até que o vendedor baixou o preço. ― I haggled and haggled until the salesman lowered the price.

   Chore o preço até que o diminuam. ― Haggle for the price until they lower it.

6. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) to show empathy, especially by crying [with por ‘for someone’]

   Não vou chorar pelos famintos. ― I won’t cry for the hungry.

7. (intransitive or transitive) to cry over [transitive or with por ‘an adverse occurrence’]

   Não adianta chorar o que aconteceu. ― There is no point in crying over what happened.

8. (intransitive, Brazil, informal, sports) to spend some time almost scoring (of a ball)

   A bola chorou por uns cinco segundos antes de cair na cesta. ― The ball circled the hoop for about five seconds before it went through.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chorar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chorar
Personal	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	chorarem
Gerund
	chorando
Past participle
Masculine	chorado			chorados
Feminine	chorada			choradas
Indicative
Present	choro	choras	chora	choramos	chorais	choram
Imperfect	chorava	choravas	chorava	chorávamos	choráveis	choravam
Preterite	chorei	choraste	chorou	choramos1, chorámos2	chorastes	choraram
Pluperfect	chorara	choraras	chorara	choráramos	choráreis	choraram
Future	chorarei	chorarás	chorará	choraremos	chorareis	chorarão
Conditional	choraria	chorarias	choraria	choraríamos	choraríeis	chorariam
Subjunctive
Present	chore	chores	chore	choremos	choreis	chorem
Imperfect	chorasse	chorasses	chorasse	chorássemos	chorásseis	chorassem
Future	chorar	chorares	chorar	chorarmos	chorardes	chorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		chora	chore	choremos	chorai	chorem
Negative (não)		não chores	não chore	não choremos	não choreis	não chorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• chora
• choramingar
• chorão
• choro
• deplorar
• implorar

Descendants

• Angolar: thua
• Annobonese: sulá
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcora
• Indo-Portuguese: chorá
• Kabuverdianu: txorá

Further reading

• “chorar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chorar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “chorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “chorar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “chorar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “chorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026