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What does “Llorar como una magdalena” mean?

SpanishEmotions and relationshipsInformal

Llorar como una magdalena

Word for word

To cry like a Magdalene

What it really means

To cry without being able to stop. It is used above all for tears of emotion, from a film or from heartbreak.

How we say it in English

To cry one's eyes out

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