regret
/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ verbo A2En español: lamentar, arrepentirse, repentirse, compungirse
- To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. · He regretted his words.· I don't regret enrolling in law, but I regret not studying some Chinese.
- To feel sorry about (any thing). · I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.· They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late.
He/she/it regrets · Pasado regretted · Participio pasado regretted · Forma en -ing regretting
Formas del verbo
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- regret
- He/she/it
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- Pasado
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- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
- regretting
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
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Policar Morrel, who served under the other government, and who does not altogether conceal what he thinks on the subject, you are strongly suspected of regretting the abdication of Napoleon.
This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret.
“Well,” said Renée, “I cannot help regretting you had not chosen some other profession than your own—a physician, for instance.
“You will present my excuses to the marquise and Mademoiselle Renée, whom I leave on such a day with great regret.”
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