Grammatical class

Verb

sangloter

(intransitive) to sob

Details

Syllables

san-glo-ter

Phonetics

sɑ̃.glo.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

12011

Freq. (movies)

33578

Freq. (news)

71047

Sentences

Tom s'est mis à sangloter.

Tom started sobbing.

A1

Je l'ai entendue sangloter.

I heard her sobbing.

A1

Je l'ai entendue sangloter dans sa chambre.

I could hear her sobbing in her bedroom.

A1

Elle a continué à sangloter, sans lever les yeux.

She continued sobbing without looking up.

B1

Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau, / Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.

And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.

C2