lament
A. -noun
(=poem)   elegía (f), endecha (f) (for por)
(=song)   canciónoun (f) elegíaca, endecha (f)
(=grief) lamento (m)
B. -transitive verb
[+absence, lack, loss] llorar, lamentar
·she was lamenting her misfortune
·se lamentaba de su infortunio
·to lament somebody
·llorar la muerte de somebody, someone, llorar a somebody, someone
·it is much to be lamented that ...
es de lamentar que ... + subjunctive
C. -intransitive verb
·to lament over something
[+passing, loss] llorar algo, lamentarse de algo
·to lament for somebody
·llorar a somebody, someone