lamentar

v.

1 to regret, to be sorry about.

lo lamento I'm very sorry

lamentamos comunicarle… we regret to inform you…

2 to deplore, to lament, to be sorry for, to be sorry about.

Nos condolemos de su muerte We lament his death.

3 to be sorry to.

Yo siento irme I am sorry to go.

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lamentar

► verbo transitivo

1 to regret

► verbo pronominal lamentarse

1 to complain

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verb

1) to be sorry

2) regret

3) lament

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- lamentarse

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1.

VT (=sentir) to be sorry about, regret; [+ pérdida] to lament, bewail, bemoan frm

lamentamos la muerte de su marido — we're sorry to hear of your husband's death

no hay que lamentar víctimas — fortunately there were no casualties

lamento lo que pasó — I'm sorry about what happened

lamentar que — to be sorry that, regret that

lamentamos mucho que ... — we very much regret that ...

2.

See:

lamentarse

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1.

verbo transitivo to regret

lamentamos las molestias ocasionadas — we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you

lo lamento mucho — I am very sorry

no hubo que lamentar daños personales — (period) there were no casualties

lamento molestarlo — I'm sorry to disturb you

lamentamos tener que comunicarle que ... — (frml) we regret to have to inform you that ...

lamento que no se encuentre bien — I'm sorry to hear that you're not well

es de lamentar que ... — it is to be lamented that ... (frml)

2.

lamentarse v pron to complain, to grumble (colloq)

lamentarse de algo — to deplore something

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= mourn, regret, lament, express + regret.

Ex. I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.

Ex. Sir Walter Greg also half regretted 'that 'bibliology' is past praying for' since it defined the study more precisely than the accepted word.

Ex. The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.

Ex. The author expresses regret at the present state of the Association's affairs.

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* lamentarse = grieve, whine, wail.

* lamentarse de = bemoan.

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1.

verbo transitivo to regret

lamentamos las molestias ocasionadas — we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you

lo lamento mucho — I am very sorry

no hubo que lamentar daños personales — (period) there were no casualties

lamento molestarlo — I'm sorry to disturb you

lamentamos tener que comunicarle que ... — (frml) we regret to have to inform you that ...

lamento que no se encuentre bien — I'm sorry to hear that you're not well

es de lamentar que ... — it is to be lamented that ... (frml)

2.

lamentarse v pron to complain, to grumble (colloq)

lamentarse de algo — to deplore something

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= mourn, regret, lament, express + regret.

Ex: I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.

Ex: Sir Walter Greg also half regretted 'that 'bibliology' is past praying for' since it defined the study more precisely than the accepted word.

Ex: The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.

Ex: The author expresses regret at the present state of the Association's affairs.

* lamentarse = grieve, whine, wail.

* lamentarse de = bemoan.

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lamentar [A1 ]

vt

to regret

lamentamos las molestias que pudo ocasionarles el retraso we regret any inconvenience that the delay may have caused you

lamento mucho lo ocurrido I am very sorry about o I very much regret what has happened

no hubo que lamentar daños personales en el accidente (period); there were no casualities in the accident

todos lamentamos tan irreparable pérdida we all mourn o lament such a sad loss

lamentar + INF:

lamento molestarlo/haberle causado tantas molestias I'm sorry to disturb you/to have caused you so much trouble

lamentamos tener que comunicarle que … (frml); we regret o we are sorry to have to inform you that …

lamentar QUE + SUBJ:

lamento mucho que tengas que irte I'm very sorry (that) you have to go

lamento que no se encuentre bien I'm sorry to hear that you aren't well

■ lamentarse

v pron

to complain, to grumble (colloq), to moan (BrE colloq)

de nada sirve lamentarse it's no use grumbling o moaning about it

lamentarse DE algo to deplore sth

se lamentaba de la insolidaridad humana she deplored people's lack of solidarity

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lamentar (conjugate lamentar) verbo transitivo
to regret;

◊ lamento molestarlo I'm sorry to disturb you;

lamentamos tener que comunicarle que … (frml) we regret to have to inform you that …;
lo lamento mucho I am very sorry
lamentarse verbo pronominal
to complain, to grumble (colloq)
lamentar verbo transitivo to regret: lamento su muerte, I'm sorry about her death ➣ Ver nota en regret

'lamentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sentir
- arrepentirse
English:
afraid
- regret
- rue
- deplore
- lament
- untoward

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lamentar

♦ vt

to regret, to be sorry about;

lo lamento I'm (very) sorry;

lamento tener que tomar una decisión así I regret having to take a decision like this, I'm sorry to have to take a decision like this;

no hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales nobody was killed;

lamentamos comunicarle… we regret to inform you…

♦ See also the pronominal verb lamentarse

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lamentar

v/t

1 regret, be sorry about;

lo lamento I’m sorry

2 muerte mourn

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lamentar vt

1) : to lament

2) : to regret

lo lamento: I'm sorry

♦ See also the reflexive verb lamentarse

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lamentar vb to be sorry / to regret

lamento mucho la muerte de tu abuelo I'm very sorry about your grandfather