clamar a Dios — meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  Pan-Hispanicreligiousformalliterary
  • To call out to God in prayer or supplication; to implore divine help or intervention.
  • To lament or complain loudly to God about suffering or injustice.

  Examples

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  • Durante la tormenta, María comenzó a clamar a Dios pidiendo protección para su familia.

    During the storm, María began to call out to God asking for protection for her family.

  • Cuando el médico le dio malas noticias, decidió clamar a Dios en busca de consuelo.

    When the doctor gave him bad news, he decided to call out to God seeking comfort.

  • En las noches difíciles, suelo clamar a Dios para encontrar paz interior.

    On difficult nights, I usually call out to God to find inner peace.

  • ¿Has visto cómo el anciano clama a Dios desde la iglesia cada domingo por sus nietos?

    Have you seen how the old man calls out to God from the church every Sunday for his grandchildren?

• 2.

  Pan-Hispanicfigurativeneutral
  • To appeal urgently to a higher authority or to express a vehement complaint or protest, used figuratively rather than literally.

  Examples

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  • Los vecinos claman a Dios porque las autoridades no resuelven el problema de la basura en el barrio.

    The neighbors are urgently appealing to a higher authority because the authorities don't solve the garbage problem in the neighborhood.

  • Cuando el sindicato clama a Dios por mejores condiciones laborales, es porque sienten que nadie los escucha.

    When the union urgently appeals for better working conditions, it's because they feel no one listens to them.

  • No puedo evitar clamar a Dios cada vez que veo tanta injusticia en el sistema judicial.

    I can't help but vehemently protest every time I see so much injustice in the judicial system.