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Translation

tear, teardrop

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Examples

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Tears ran down her cheeks.

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He told the story with tears in his eyes.

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She could not hide her tears.

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The child laughed through its tears.

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A single tear fell onto the letter.

Keep and apart: the first is the drop, the second is the act of crying. English lets tear do both jobs in phrases like in tears, but Esperanto wants the right one, so crying is and is an Anglicism best avoided - say . The verb exists for eyes that water without real weeping, which is a genuinely useful distinction. intensifies: , to laugh until you cry. The plural is the normal form.

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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 1: larmo, miri, kapabla and 7 more words.