to be metsaer
Definitions
v. To grieve.
v. To worry.
Example Sentences
"She's metsaer—her dad just passed away."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y מצער זײַן metsaer zayn
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
to be metzaer
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