whine

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhwaɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hwaɪn, waɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hwīn, wīn)

Inflections of 'whine' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
whines
v 3rd person singular
whining
v pres p
whined
v past
whined
v past p
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whine⇒ vi(cry plaintively)gimotear⇒ vi
  lloriquear⇒ vi
 The dog whined outside the door.
 El perro gimoteaba detrás de la puerta.
whine vi(complain)quejarse⇒ v prnl
 I can't stand Robert; he's always whining.
 No aguanto a Robert; siempre está quejándose.
whine about [sth/sb] vi + prep(complain about)quejarse de v prnl + prep
 The children were whining about how hungry they were.
 Los niños se estaban quejando del hambre que tenían.
whine n(noise)chirrido nm
  chillido nm
 The radio wasn't properly tuned and the whine was giving Linda a headache.
 La radio no estaba bien sintonizada y el chirrido le estaba dando a Linda dolor de cabeza.
whine n(plaintive cry)quejido nm
  gemido nm
 The dog's whine told Steve he wanted food.
 El quejido del perro le indicó a Steve que quería comer.
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'whine' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
grizzle - piss and moan - snivel - whimpering - whinge
Spanish:
gemir - lloriquear - mañosear - querellar - gemido - gruñir - jipiar - gimotear - hipido

Collocations: a [small, little, wailing, loud, high-pitched] whine, let out a [small] whine, the [dog, toddler] gave a small whine, more...

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