lamento

See also: lamentó and lamentò

Catalan

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentar

French

Noun

lamento m (plural lamentos)

1. lament; lamentation

Further reading

• “lamento”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmento/

Noun

lamento (plural lamenti)

1. lamentation

Derived terms

• Lamenti (“Lamentations”)

Related terms

• lamentar (“to lament”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: la‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lāmentum.

Noun

lamento m (plural lamenti)

1. moan, groan
2. lament

Related terms

• lamentare

Etymology 2

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentare

Further reading

• lamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Montale, malnote, molante

Latin

Etymology

From lāmentum +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaːˈmɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈmɛn.to]

Verb

lāmentō (present infinitive lāmentāre, perfect active lāmentāvī, supine lāmentātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) alternative form of lāmentor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lāmentō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lāmentō		lāmentās		lāmentat		lāmentāmus		lāmentātis		lāmentant
	imperfect	lāmentābam		lāmentābās		lāmentābat		lāmentābāmus		lāmentābātis		lāmentābant
	future	lāmentābō		lāmentābis		lāmentābit		lāmentābimus		lāmentābitis		lāmentābunt
	perfect	lāmentāvī		lāmentāvistī		lāmentāvit		lāmentāvimus		lāmentāvistis		lāmentāvērunt, lāmentāvēre
	pluperfect	lāmentāveram		lāmentāverās		lāmentāverat		lāmentāverāmus		lāmentāverātis		lāmentāverant
	future perfect	lāmentāverō		lāmentāveris		lāmentāverit		lāmentāverimus		lāmentāveritis		lāmentāverint
passive	present	lāmentor		lāmentāris, lāmentāre		lāmentātur		lāmentāmur		lāmentāminī		lāmentantur
	imperfect	lāmentābar		lāmentābāris, lāmentābāre		lāmentābātur		lāmentābāmur		lāmentābāminī		lāmentābantur
	future	lāmentābor		lāmentāberis, lāmentābere		lāmentābitur		lāmentābimur		lāmentābiminī		lāmentābuntur
	perfect	lāmentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lāmentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lāmentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lāmentem		lāmentēs		lāmentet		lāmentēmus		lāmentētis		lāmentent
	imperfect	lāmentārem		lāmentārēs		lāmentāret		lāmentārēmus		lāmentārētis		lāmentārent
	perfect	lāmentāverim		lāmentāverīs		lāmentāverit		lāmentāverīmus		lāmentāverītis		lāmentāverint
	pluperfect	lāmentāvissem		lāmentāvissēs		lāmentāvisset		lāmentāvissēmus		lāmentāvissētis		lāmentāvissent
passive	present	lāmenter		lāmentēris, lāmentēre		lāmentētur		lāmentēmur		lāmentēminī		lāmententur
	imperfect	lāmentārer		lāmentārēris, lāmentārēre		lāmentārētur		lāmentārēmur		lāmentārēminī		lāmentārentur
	perfect	lāmentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lāmentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		lāmentā		—		—		lāmentāte		—
	future	—		lāmentātō		lāmentātō		—		lāmentātōte		lāmentantō
passive	present	—		lāmentāre		—		—		lāmentāminī		—
	future	—		lāmentātor		lāmentātor		—		—		lāmentantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lāmentāre			lāmentārī			lāmentāns			—
future		lāmentātūrum esse			lāmentātum īrī			lāmentātūrus			lāmentandus
perfect		lāmentāvisse			lāmentātum esse			—			lāmentātus
future perfect		—			lāmentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lāmentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		lāmentandī		lāmentandō		lāmentandum		lāmentandō		lāmentātum		lāmentātū

Descendants

• Catalan: lamentar
• English: lament
• French: lamenter
• Galician: lamentar
• Italian: lamentare
• Occitan: lamentar
• Portuguese: lamentar
• Romanian: lamenta
• Spanish: lamentar

References

• “lamento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lamento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: la‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lāmentum.

Noun

lamento m (plural lamentos)

1. wailing, moaning, weeping
2. lamentation, lament
3. complaint

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentar

Further reading

• “lamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmento/ [laˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: la‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lāmentum.

Noun

lamento m (plural lamentos)

1. lament
2. plaint
3. wail, wailing

   Synonym: gemido

Related terms

• lamentar (see for more terms)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentar

Further reading

• “lamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025