rue

lamentar, arrepentirse de

Sentir pena por algo ocurrido y desear que hubiera sido diferente.

En inglés sencillo: To feel sorry about something that happened and wish it had been different.

• He will rue that decision.
• She rued the day she sold her house.
• They may yet rue their missed opportunity.

Cómo se usa: rue something (I still rue my decision to leave.); rue the day that… (She rued the day that she trusted him.)

Sinónimos: regret, lament

Expresiones frecuentes: rue the day, rue a decision, rue something

ruda

Planta pequeña de hojas con olor fuerte y flores amarillas, muy usada antiguamente como medicina.

En inglés sencillo: A small plant with strong-smelling leaves and yellow flowers, once commonly used as medicine.

• Rue grows beside the wall.
• The gardener planted rue near the path.
• The herb book describes rue’s small yellow flowers.

Expresiones frecuentes: common rue, rue leaves, plant rue

pesar, arrepentimiento

Tristeza por algo que hiciste o por algo que ocurrió.

En inglés sencillo: Sadness about something you did or something that happened.

• Her heart was full of rue.
• He spoke with bitter rue about his wasted youth.
• The poem expresses both hope and rue.

Sinónimos: regret, sorrow, remorse

Expresiones frecuentes: full of rue, bitter rue