mourning

duelo, dolor

Profunda tristeza que se siente o se muestra tras una muerte o la pérdida de algo importante.

En inglés sencillo: Deep sadness felt or shown after someone dies or something important is lost.

• The news brought widespread mourning.
• His mourning for his wife affected every part of his life.
• They shared their mourning after losing their home.

Cómo se usa: mourning for someone/something (Her mourning for her father continued for months.)

Sinónimos: grief, sorrow, grieving

Antónimos: joy

Expresiones frecuentes: deep mourning, mourning for someone, public mourning

luto, duelo

Periodo tras una muerte durante el cual se siguen costumbres que expresan respeto y tristeza.

En inglés sencillo: A period after someone's death when people follow customs that show respect and sadness.

• The family is in mourning.
• The government declared three days of national mourning.
• During the period of mourning, all celebrations were canceled.

Cómo se usa: in mourning for someone (The family is in mourning for their grandmother.)

Sinónimos: bereavement period

Expresiones frecuentes: in mourning, national mourning, period of mourning

lamento, pesar

Sentimiento o expresión de profunda tristeza o arrepentimiento por algo.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling or showing deep sadness or regret about something.

• Her mourning over lost opportunities never ended.
• His poems are filled with mourning for his vanished youth.
• Their mourning over the defeat slowly gave way to hope.

Cómo se usa: mourning over something (His mourning over wasted opportunities lasted for years.)

Sinónimos: lamentation, sorrow, grieving

Antónimos: rejoicing

Expresiones frecuentes: mourning over something, bitter mourning, endless mourning

ropa de luto, luto

Ropa, normalmente negra, que se lleva tradicionalmente para mostrar tristeza tras una muerte.

En inglés sencillo: Clothes, usually black, traditionally worn to show sadness after someone's death.

• The widow wore black mourning.
• She put aside her mourning a year after his death.
• Her mourning included a long dress and a dark veil.

Sinónimos: mourning clothes, mourning dress

Expresiones frecuentes: wear mourning, black mourning, deep mourning