burst into tears

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

burst into tears (third-person singular simple present bursts into tears, present participle bursting into tears, simple past and past participle burst into tears)

1. (idiomatic) To suddenly start crying or sobbing.

Coordinate terms

• melt into tears

Translations

suddenly start crying

• Arabic: فجأة بدأ يبكي
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突然哭起來／突然哭起来 (tūrán kū qǐlái)

• Czech: najednou rozplakat se
• Dutch: in tranen uitbarsten
• Esperanto: ekplori
• Estonian: nutma puhkema
• Finnish: puhjeta itkuun, kyynelöityä
• French: éclater en sanglots (fr), fondre en larmes (fr)
• Greek: αναλύομαι (el) (analýomai)

  Ancient: ἀναλύομαι (analúomai), ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi)

• Hungarian: könnyekre fakad, könnyekben tör ki, elsírja magát
• Macedonian: се расплаче (se rasplače)
• Polish: rozpłakać się
• Spanish: romper a llorar, entrarle una llorera (colloquial)
• Swedish: brista ut i gråt, brista ut i tårar
• Vietnamese: oà (vi)