chorar

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.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈɾaɾ/

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chorar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

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

Inherited from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”).

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.

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

• Universo Cantigas - "chorar₁"

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

chorar m (plural chorars)

1. cry (shedding of tears)

• Universo Cantigas - "chorar₂"

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

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cho‧rar

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.

• “chorar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chorar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “chorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “chorar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “chorar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “chorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025