# plorar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin plōrāre (“cry out”).

### Verb

plorar
* to cry

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan plorar, from Latin plōrāre (“cry out”). Compare Occitan plorar, Spanish llorar, French pleurer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pluˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ploˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ploˈɾaɾ]
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### Verb

plorar (first-person singular present ploro, first-person singular preterite plorí, past participle plorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to cry, to weep
    Synonym: llagrimejar

#### Derived terms

* plor
* ploracossos
* plorador
* ploralla
* ploramiques
* ploramorts
* ploraner
* plorera
* ploricó
* plorinyar
* ploró

### References

* “plorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “plorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “plorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “plorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* plourâ (Dauphinois)
* plorâ (Savoyard)
* plorá, plorâ (Valaisan)
* plaouré (Valdôtain)
* pllorar (ORB, narrow)
** pyorâ (Fribourgeois)
** piourà (Piemontais)
* plœrar (ORB, narrow)
** pleûro (Beaujolais)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin plōrāre.

### Verb

plorar (ORB, broad)
* to cry, weep

### References

* pleurer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* plorar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 730: “perché lo fai piangere?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
* ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1033: “pleurer” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “plōrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 76

## Ido
### Etymology

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### Verb

plorar (present tense ploras, past tense ploris, future tense ploros, imperative plorez, conditional plorus)
* (intransitive) to cry, weep

#### Antonyms

* ridar

#### Derived terms

* ploregar

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan plorar, from Latin plōrāre (“cry out”). Compare French pleurer, Catalan plorar, Spanish llorar.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

plorar
* to cry, to weep

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin plōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ploˈɾaɾ/ [ploˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: plo‧rar

### Verb

plorar (first-person singular present ploro, first-person singular preterite ploré, past participle plorado)
* (intransitive, rare) to cry, to weep
    El bebé ploró toda la noche.The baby cried all night.
* (transitive, rare) to mourn

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* llorar

### Further reading

* “plorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10