crocodile tear

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• /ˈkɹɒ.kə.daɪl ˌtɪə(ɹ)/
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From the ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey.

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: llárimes de raposu — tear shed falsely
• Catalan: llàgrima de cocodril — tear shed falsely
• Cebuano: luha sa bao — tear shed falsely
• Chinese Mandarin: 鱷魚的眼淚 /鳄鱼的眼泪 (èyú de yǎnlèi) — tear shed falsely
• Czech: krokodýlí slza — tear shed falsely
• Danish: krokodilletåre — tear shed falsely
• Faroese: rossatár — tear shed falsely
• Faroese: krokodillutár — tear shed falsely
• Finnish: krokotiilinkyynel — tear shed falsely
• French: larmes de crocodile — tear shed falsely
• Galician: lágrimas de crocodilo — tear shed falsely
• Galician: bágoas de crocodilo — tear shed falsely
• German: Krokodilsträne — tear shed falsely
• Hungarian: krokodilkönny — tear shed falsely
• Indonesian: air mata buaya — tear shed falsely
• Irish: deoir bhréag — tear shed falsely
• Irish: deoir bhréagach — tear shed falsely
• Japanese: 空涙 (soranamida) — tear shed falsely
• Latin: lacrimula — tear shed falsely
• Malay: air mata buaya — tear shed falsely
• Malayalam: മുതലക്കണ്ണീർ (mutalakkaṇṇīṟ) — tear shed falsely
• Persian: اشک تمساح (ašk-e temsâh) — tear shed falsely
• Portuguese: lágrima de crocodilo — tear shed falsely
• Russian: крокоди́лова слеза́ (krokodílova slezá) — tear shed falsely
• Scottish Gaelic: deur nam breug — tear shed falsely
• Slovak: krokodília slza — tear shed falsely
• Spanish: lágrimas de cocodrilo — tear shed falsely
• Swedish: krokodiltår — tear shed falsely
• Tagalog: luha ng buwaya — tear shed falsely
• Tamil: நீலிக்கண்ணீர் (nīlikkaṇṇīr) — tear shed falsely
• Tamil: முதலைக்கண்ணீர் (mutalaikkaṇṇīr) — tear shed falsely
• Thai: น้ําตาจระเข้ (nám-dtaa-jɔɔ-rá-kêe) — tear shed falsely
• Vietnamese: nước mắt cá sấu — tear shed falsely
• Welsh: deigryn crocodeil — tear shed falsely
• Afrikaans: krokodiltrane — display of tears that is forced or false
• Albanian: lotët e krokodilit — display of tears that is forced or false
• Amharic: የአዞ እንባ (yäʾäzo ʾənba) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Arabic: دُمُوع اَلتَّمَاسِيح (dumūʕ at-tamāsīḥ) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Armenian: կոկորդիլոսի արցունքներ (kokordilosi arcʻunkʻner) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Assamese: কুমিৰৰ চকুলো (kumiror sokulü) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Azerbaijani: timsahın göz yaşları — display of tears that is forced or false
• Basque: krokodilo-malkoak — display of tears that is forced or false
• Belarusian: кракадзілавы слёзы (krakadzilavy sljózy) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Bengali: কুমিরের কান্না (kumirer kanna) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Bulgarian: крокодилски сълзи (krokodilski sǎlzi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Burmese: မိကျောင်းမျက်ရည် (mi.kyaung:myak-rany) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Catalan: llàgrimes de cocodril — display of tears that is forced or false
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓哭耗子假慈悲 /猫哭耗子假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi jiǎ cíbēi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓哭耗子 /猫哭耗子 (māo kū hàozi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Chinese Mandarin: 假慈悲 (jiǎ cíbēi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Chinese Mandarin: 鱷魚的眼淚 /鳄鱼的眼泪 (èyú de yǎnlèi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Czech: krokodýlí slzy — display of tears that is forced or false
• Danish: krokodilletårer — display of tears that is forced or false
• Dutch: krokodillentranen — display of tears that is forced or false
• Esperanto: krokodilaj larmoj — display of tears that is forced or false
• Estonian: krokodillipisarad — display of tears that is forced or false
• Finnish: krokotiilinkyyneleet — display of tears that is forced or false
• French: larmes de crocodile — display of tears that is forced or false
• Galician: bágoas de crocodilo — display of tears that is forced or false
• Galician: lágrimas de crocodilo — display of tears that is forced or false
• Georgian: ნიანგის ცრემლები (niangis cremlebi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• German: Krokodilstränen — display of tears that is forced or false
• Greek: κροκοδείλια δάκρυα (krokodeília dákrya) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Gujarati: કૃત્રિમ આશ્વાસન (kŕtrim āśvāsan) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Gujarati: ઢોંગનાં કે જૂઠાં આંસુ (ḍhoṅgnā̃ ke jūṭhā̃ ā̃su) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Haitian Creole: dlo nan je kwokodil — display of tears that is forced or false
• Hebrew: דִּמְעוֹת תַּנִּין (dim'ót tanín) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Hindi: घड़ियाल के आँसू (ghaṛiyāl ke ā̃sū) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Hindi: घड़ियाली आँसू (ghaṛiyālī ā̃sū) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Hindi: नक्राश्रु (nakrāśru) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Hindi: मगरमच्छ के आँसू (magarmacch ke ā̃sū) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Hungarian: krokodilkönnyek — display of tears that is forced or false
• Icelandic: hræsnistár — display of tears that is forced or false
• Icelandic: krókódílstár — display of tears that is forced or false
• Icelandic: uppgerðarhryggð — display of tears that is forced or false
• Indonesian: air mata buaya — display of tears that is forced or false
• Irish: deoir bhréag — display of tears that is forced or false
• Irish: deoir bhréagach — display of tears that is forced or false
• Irish: deora bréige — display of tears that is forced or false
• Italian: lacrime di coccodrillo — display of tears that is forced or false
• Japanese: 嘘泣き (usonaki) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Kannada: ಮೊಸಳೆ ಕಣ್ಣೀರು (mosaḷe kaṇṇīru) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Khmer: ទឹកភ្នែកក្រពើ (tɨkphnɛɛkkrɑɑpəə) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Korean: 악어의 눈물 (ageo-ui nunmul) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Kyrgyz: крокодилдин көз жашы (krokodildin köz jaşı) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Latvian: krokodila asaras — display of tears that is forced or false
• Lithuanian: krokodilo ašaros — display of tears that is forced or false
• Macedonian: крокодилски солзи (krokodilski solzi) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Malay: air mata buaya — display of tears that is forced or false
• Malayalam: മുതലക്കണ്ണീർ (mutalakkaṇṇīṟ) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Māori: tangi kurī — display of tears that is forced or false
• Marathi: नक्राश्रू (nakrāśrū) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Marathi: मगरीचे अश्रू (magrīce aśrū) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Mongolian: матрын нулимс (matryn nulims) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Norwegian: krokodilletårer — display of tears that is forced or false
• Persian: اشک تمساح (ašk-e temsâh) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Polish: krokodyle łzy — display of tears that is forced or false
• Portuguese: lágrimas de crocodilo — display of tears that is forced or false
• Romansh: larmas da crocodil — display of tears that is forced or false
• Russian: крокоди́ловы слёзы (krokodílovy sljózy) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Scottish Gaelic: deòir nam breugan — display of tears that is forced or false
• Spanish: lágrimas de cocodrilo — display of tears that is forced or false
• Swedish: krokodiltårar — display of tears that is forced or false
• Tagalog: luha ng buwaya — display of tears that is forced or false
• Tamil: நீலிக்கண்ணீர் (nīlikkaṇṇīr) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Tamil: முதலைக்கண்ணீர் (mutalaikkaṇṇīr) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Telugu: మొసలి కన్నీళ్లు (mosali kannīḷlu) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Telugu: మొసలికన్నీరు (mosalikannīru) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Thai: น้ําตาจระเข้ (nám-dtaa-jɔɔ-rá-kêe) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Turkish: timsah gözyaşları — display of tears that is forced or false
• Ukrainian: крокодиля́чі сльо́зи (krokodyljáči slʹózy) — display of tears that is forced or false
• Uzbek: timsoh koʻz yoshlari — display of tears that is forced or false
• Vietnamese: nước mắt cá sấu — display of tears that is forced or false
• Welsh: dagrau crocodeil — display of tears that is forced or false
• Welsh: wylofain crocodeil — display of tears that is forced or false