lloriquear

Translation

› (col.)

⇨ to whine

Deja de lloriquear

Stop whining

⇨ to grizzle

⇨ to whimper

Le dije que no podía tomarse un helado y empezó a lloriquear

I said she couldn't have an ice cream and she started to whimper

⇨ to snivel

(Definition of lloriquear v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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