lamentar

to regret

Se permitió solamente que lamentaba la ocurrencia de Kalma.	He allowed only that he regretted the occurrence of Kalma.
Lucas lamentaba haber desperdiciado gran parte de su vida.	Lucas regretted having wasted a great deal of his life.
El representante de Argelia dijo que lamentaba el revés de Cancún.	The representative of Algeria said he regretted the setback at Cancún.
Edward lamentaba el que su organización tuviera tantas necesidades.	Edward lamented that his organization has so many needs.
No lamentaba que Dickens la hubiera escrito, por supuesto.	He didn't regret that Dickens had written it, of course.
También lamentaba que no se hubiese denunciado antes el incidente.	He also regretted that the incident had not been reported earlier.
El Padre Provincial lamentaba la detención de algunos civiles sin cargo.	Fr Provincial lamented the arrest of certain civilians without clear charges.
El capitán del Miranda lamentaba, posiblemente, su encuentro con el convoy.	Miranda's captain was probably regretting his meeting with the convoy.
Creo que la gente lamentaba que no hubieran venido antes.	I think people were sorry you didn't come sooner.
Esa era, se lamentaba, la naturaleza del hombre.	That was, she sighed inwardly, the nature of man.
Y lamentaba que estuvieras lejos de él.	And he regretted you were away from him.
Ella lamentaba sola y nadie la ayudaría a.	She grieved alone and no one would help her.
Les dije que Ud. lamentaba el incidente.	I told them that you regretted the incident.
Se lamentaba de que él no era capaz de llevarla a cabo.	He complained that he was not capable of accomplishing it.
Le dijo al Chornicle que lamentaba la aprobación de la Proposición 209.	He told the Chronicle that he regretted the passage of Proposition 209.
Papá lamentaba lo que pasó entre ustedes.	Dad regretted what happened between you two.
La comida era buena, pero ahora lamentaba haber comido demasiado.	The food was good, but now I regret that I ate too much.
Mientras tanto, me lamentaba mentalmente mi situación.	In the meantime, I was mentally lamenting my situation.
Dejó una nota diciendo que lamentaba lo que había hecho.	He left behind a note saying he was sorry for what he did.
Luego regresó, dijo que lo lamentaba y me pidió más dinero.	Then he came back, said he was sorry, and asked me for more money.