lacrimejar

From Vulgar Latin *lacrimizāre. The reason for there being a /k/ instead of the expected */ɡ/ (cf. lágrima) is not apparent.

• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧me‧jar

lacrimejar (first-person singular present lacrimejo, first-person singular preterite lacrimejei, past participle lacrimejado)

1. to tear up (have watery eyes before crying)

   Synonym: marejar

   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Um outro escritor, sim, mas teria que ser homem porque escritora mulher pode lacrimejar piegas.

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