"burst into tears" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-burst into tears.ogg Forms: bursts into tears [present, singular, third-person], bursting into tears [participle, present], burst into tears [participle, past], burst into tears [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|burst<,,burst> into tears}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Coordinate_terms: melt into tears Translations (suddenly start crying): ἀναλύομαι (analúomai) (Ancient Greek), ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi) (Ancient Greek), فجأة بدأ يبكي (Arabic), 突然哭起來 (Chinese Mandarin), 突然哭起来 (tūrán kū qǐlái) (Chinese Mandarin), najednou rozplakat se (Czech), in tranen uitbarsten (Dutch), ekplori (Esperanto), nutma puhkema (Estonian), puhjeta itkuun (Finnish), kyynelöityä (Finnish), éclater en sanglots (French), fondre en larmes (French), αναλύομαι (analýomai) (Greek), könnyekre fakad (Hungarian), könnyekben tör ki (Hungarian), elsírja magát (Hungarian), се расплаче (se rasplače) (Macedonian), rozpłakać się (Polish), romper a llorar (Spanish), entrarle una llorera [colloquial] (Spanish), brista ut i gråt (Swedish), brista ut i tårar (Swedish), bửng hảy (Tày), (Vietnamese)

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        "(idiomatic) To suddenly start crying or sobbing."
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "فجأة بدأ يبكي"
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "nutma puhkema"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "puhjeta itkuun"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "kyynelöityä"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "analýomai",
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          "word": "αναλύομαι"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "könnyekre fakad"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "könnyekben tör ki"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "elsírja magát"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se rasplače",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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          "lang": "Tày",
          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
          "word": "bửng hảy"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
      "word": "elsírja magát"
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
      "word": "romper a llorar"
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
      "word": "brista ut i gråt"
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      "sense": "suddenly start crying",
      "word": "brista ut i tårar"
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      "word": "bửng hảy"
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