mourn

llorar, lamentar

Sentir una tristeza profunda porque alguien ha muerto.

En inglés sencillo: To feel deep sadness because someone has died.

• She mourns her brother.
• They mourned their father for many years.
• He is still mourning the death of his wife.

Cómo se usa: mourn someone/something (We mourned the loss of our closest friend.); mourn for someone (She mourned for her husband.)

Sinónimos: grieve

Expresiones frecuentes: mourn someone, mourn a death, mourn for someone

lamentar, llorar

Mostrar tristeza por una muerte, una pérdida o algo que ya no se tiene.

En inglés sencillo: To show sadness about a death, loss, or something you no longer have.

• The community mourned her passing.
• He mourned the loss of his childhood home.
• They openly mourn the end of their friendship.

Cómo se usa: mourn someone/something (She mourned the opportunities she had lost.)

Sinónimos: lament, grieve over

Expresiones frecuentes: mourn a loss, mourn someone’s passing, mourn the end

guardar luto

Seguir las costumbres sociales con las que se honra a una persona fallecida.

En inglés sencillo: To follow social customs that honour someone who has died.

• The family mourned for seven days.
• They wore black to mourn their queen.
• How long does this community traditionally mourn its dead?

Cómo se usa: mourn for a period of time (They mourned for forty days after the funeral.)

Sinónimos: observe mourning

Expresiones frecuentes: mourn for days, mourn in black, mourn the dead