padecer
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese padecer, presumably derived via some (unattested?) derivative of Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī. Compare Spanish padecer.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧de‧cer
Verb
padecer (first-person singular present padeço, first-person singular preterite padeci, past participle padecido)
- (intransitive or transitive) to suffer [with de or transitive ‘from something’]
- Synonym: sofrer
- O cão padeceu de fome e sede. ― The dog suffered from hunger and thirst.
- Meu irmão padeceu de dores praticamente insuportáveis. ― My brother suffered pain that was practically unbearable.
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “padecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “padecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
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