Translation
to cry, to weep
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Examples
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The child cried all night.
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She wept for joy.
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Do not cry, everything will be fine.
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He cried when she left.
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They cried and laughed at the same time.
is intransitive: the cause takes pro, the subject mourned takes or pro. To cry for someone in the sense of mourning them, . The affixes give the whole range of intensity: i to burst into tears, plor臐emi to sob, i to weep uncontrollably and i to make someone cry. Note that English cry also means shout, which Esperanto keeps strictly separate as .
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Word family
Words built on plori with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- ekploriverb
to burst into tears
ek-plori: to start crying
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 9: plori, pripensi, 臐ardeno and 11 more words.