padecer

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese padecer, presumably derived via some (unattested?) derivative of Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī. Compare Spanish padecer.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.dɨˈseɾ/ [pɐ.ðɨˈseɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.dɨˈse.ɾi/ [pɐ.ðɨˈse.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: pa‧de‧cer

Verb

padecer (first-person singular present padeço, first-person singular preterite padeci, past participle padecido)

  1. (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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish padesçer, derived from padir,[1] from Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /padeˈθeɾ/ [pa.ð̞eˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
  • IPA(key): /padeˈseɾ/ [pa.ð̞eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: pa‧de‧cer

Verb

padecer (first-person singular present padezco, first-person singular preterite padecí, past participle padecido)

  1. (ambitransitive) to suffer
    Synonyms: adolecer, sufrir

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “padecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 334

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