mourn

BrE /mɔːn/ AmE /moʊrn/

verb en → es

past mourned pp mourned ing mourning

1 SADNESS [transitive, intransitive] B1

to feel very sad because someone has died or because something bad has happened

lamentar, llorar, entristecerse por

  • mourn somebody/something

Collocations mourn the loss of someone · mourn a death

  • She mourned her mother's death for months.

    Lloró la muerte de su madre durante meses.

2 CELEBRATION [transitive] B2

to have a special ceremony to remember someone who has died

enterrar, velar, honrar la memoria de alguien

  • mourn somebody

Collocations a period of mourning · mourning clothes

  • The family will mourn the deceased at a private ceremony.

    La familia velará al difunto en una ceremonia privada.