lacrimar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lacrimāre (“to weep”). Doublet of lagrimar (a semi-learned borrowing).

Verb

lacrimar (first-person singular present lacrimo, first-person singular preterite lacrimé, past participle lacrimado)

1. to weep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lacrimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lacrimar
gerund			lacrimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lacrimado		lacrimada
		plural		lacrimados		lacrimadas
		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	lacrimo	lacrimastú lacrimásvos	lacrima	lacrimamos	lacrimáis	lacriman
	imperfect	lacrimaba	lacrimabas	lacrimaba	lacrimábamos	lacrimabais	lacrimaban
	preterite	lacrimé	lacrimaste	lacrimó	lacrimamos	lacrimasteis	lacrimaron
	future	lacrimaré	lacrimarás	lacrimará	lacrimaremos	lacrimaréis	lacrimarán
	conditional	lacrimaría	lacrimarías	lacrimaría	lacrimaríamos	lacrimaríais	lacrimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lacrime	lacrimestú lacrimésvos2	lacrime	lacrimemos	lacriméis	lacrimen
	imperfect (ra)	lacrimara	lacrimaras	lacrimara	lacrimáramos	lacrimarais	lacrimaran
	imperfect (se)	lacrimase	lacrimases	lacrimase	lacrimásemos	lacrimaseis	lacrimasen
	future1	lacrimare	lacrimares	lacrimare	lacrimáremos	lacrimareis	lacrimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lacrimatú lacrimávos	lacrime	lacrimemos	lacrimad	lacrimen
	negative		no lacrimes	no lacrime	no lacrimemos	no lacriméis	no lacrimen

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

Related terms

• lagrimar
• lagrimear

 

Further reading

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