English-Spanish translations for wail

• llorar
• gemido
• gemir
• lamentar

Definition of wail

• To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish
• To make a noise like mourning or crying
• To lament; to bewail; to grieve over
• To perform with great liveliness and force
• A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
• Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl
• A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster

Examples

• The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
• to wail ones death
• She let out a loud, doleful wail.
• The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
• A birds wail in the night.

Related words

• wailing
• wailer
• bewail
• Wailing Cisticola
• Wailing Wall
• weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth