Implorando (en. Imploring)

/im.ploˈran.do/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
verb
To ask for something with great supplication.
She was imploring for a second chance.
Ella estaba implorando por una segunda oportunidad.
To address someone with a desperate plea.
The boy was imploring his mother to buy him an ice cream.
El niño estaba implorando a su madre que le comprara un helado.
To express a great need or desire.
He was imploring for help in the midst of the storm.
Estaba implorando ayuda en medio de la tormenta.

Etymology

From the Latin 'implorare', which means 'to beg'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

imploring mercy
Pleading for clemency or forgiveness.
implorando piedad
imploring help
Asking for assistance urgently.
implorando ayuda

Related Words

implore
To plead or ask fervently.
implorar
plea
An intense and emotional request.
súplica
to beg
To ask for something insistently.
rogar

Slang Meanings

To beg in an exaggerated manner.
Don't make a drama, you are just imploring like a child.
No le hagas un drama, solo estás implorando como un niño.
To ask for something very intensely in an informal context.
You are imploring as if it were the end of the world.
Estás implorando como si fuera el fin del mundo.