# chorar
## Galician
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃoˈɾaɾ/

### Verb

chorar (first-person singular present choro, first-person singular preterite chorei, past participle chorado)
* to cry, weep
    Synonyms: bagoar, bagoxar, bagullar, esbagoar, esbagullar, lagrimexar, lepear
* (informal) to complain
* (transitive, slang) to steal; to shoplift
** 2009, Malándromeda, Festa malandrómica [song]:
    ti tes estilo incluso chorando un bolsoyou have class, even when stealing a bag

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* chorica
* chorimicar
* choro
* chorón

### References

* 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

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃo.ˈɾaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin plōrāre (“to lament”).

#### Verb

chorar
* 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.

##### Descendants

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

#### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "chorar$_1$"

### Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

#### Noun

chorar m (plural chorars)
* cry (shedding of tears)

#### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "chorar$_2$"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃoˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈɾaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃuˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈɾa.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: cho‧rar

### Verb

chorar (first-person singular present choro, first-person singular preterite chorei, past participle chorado)
* (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.
* (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.
* (transitive or intransitive, by extension) to exude; to seep; to ooze
* (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.
* (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.
* (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.
* (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.
* (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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* chora
* choramingar
* chorão
* choro
* deplorar
* implorar

#### Descendants

* Angolar: thua
* Annobonese: sulá
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcora
* Indo-Portuguese: chorá
* Kabuverdianu: txorá

### Further reading

* “chorar”, in iDicionário Aulete (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