sobbing

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From the verb sob: (⇒ conjugate)
sobbing is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
sobbing n (act of weeping)sollozo nm
 Rachel tried to stop her sobbing and calm down.
 Rachel trató de parar sus sollozos y calmarse.
sobbing n (sound of weeping)sollozo nm
 The sound of sobbing could be heard throughout the old house.
 El sonido de los sollozos se escuchaba por toda la casa.
sobbing adj (person: weeping)sollozante adj mf
 There are rumors that the ghost of a sobbing woman haunts this graveyard.
 Hay rumores de que el fantasma de una mujer sollozante frecuenta este cementerio.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
sob vi (cry)sollozar vi
  lloriquear vi
 Rachel's boyfriend had dumped her and she was sobbing in the girls' restroom.
 A Rachel la había dejado su novio y estaba sollozando en el baño.
sob n (crying sound)sollozo nm
 Oliver grew calmer and his sobs subsided.
 Oliver se calmó y sus sollozos disminuyeron.
sob [sth] vtr (say with sobs)decir algo entre sollozos vtr + loc adv
  decir algo sollozando vtr + adv
 "But I don't want to go," the little girl sobbed.
 «¡Pero no quiero ir!», dijo entre sollozos la niña.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
sob | sobbing
InglésEspañol
sob sister n slang (human interest journalist)periodista sentimental n común + adj mf
sob sister n slang (do gooder) (coloquial)buenudo, buenuda nm, nf
  bienhechor, bienhechora nm, nf
sob story n informal (tale or account meant to evoke pity) (irónico)tragedia nf
  historia para llorar nf + loc adj
 Just get on with your job – I don't want to hear any more of your sob stories.
 Continúa con el trabajo, ¡no quiero escuchar más tus tragedias!
sob yourself to sleep v expr (cry until you fall asleep)llorar hasta dormir loc verb
 After his wife left, Henry sobbed himself to sleep almost every night for a month.
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