verb

llorar

cry

Es cuando una persona deja salir lágrimas de los ojos porque está triste, emocionada o siente dolor.

Llorar means to cry or to weep, usually by shedding tears because of sadness, pain, joy, or another strong emotion.

It can also mean to mourn or lament a loss, or informally, to complain or whine.

Llorar is a regular -ar verb. It is usually intransitive, but it can take an object when referring to someone or something being mourned.

It comes from the Latin plōrāre, meaning “to cry out” or “weep.”

sollozar — “to sob”; it emphasizes crying with broken, audible breaths.
lamentar — “to lament” or “regret”; it expresses sorrow without necessarily involving tears.
lloriquear — “to whimper” or “whine”; it suggests weak, repeated crying or complaining.
reír — “to laugh”; a contextual opposite, though someone can laugh and cry at the same time.