cry for

• Verbo frasal usado para expressar uma necessidade ou desejo forte por algo, frequentemente de maneira desesperada ou urgente; também pode significar pedir ou implorar por algo em voz alta.

A phrasal verb used to indicate expressing a strong need or desire for something, often in a desperate or urgent manner.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Express a strong needinformal

   To urgently or desperately need something.

   Precisar urgentemente

   • The garden is crying for water after the long drought.
   • This old house is crying for a fresh coat of paint.
   • The situation is crying for immediate attention.

   Sinônimoscall fordemandrequire

   Antônimosdisdainspurn

2. Appeal for helpinformal

   To make a desperate plea or request for assistance or sympathy.

   Clamar por ajuda

   • The child was crying for his mother in the crowd.
   • The victims are crying for justice.
   • He cried for help when he got lost in the woods.

   Sinônimosask forbeseechcall forimploresolicit

Verbo basecry