Usage Note
Lacrima carries antepenultimate stress (LAH-kree-mah, not lah-KREE-mah). The idiom scoppiare in lacrime means 'to burst into tears'. Lacryma Christi is a famous Campanian wine named after the word.
Examples
"Una lacrima le scese sulla guancia."
Natural Translation
A tear ran down her cheek.
Literal Translation
A tear to-her descended on-the cheek.
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