Polyglot Dictionary

doler

/doˈleɾ/

verb A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
duelo
preterite (yo)
dolí
past participle
dolido

Meaning

  1. to hurt

    • Me duele la cabeza.

      My head hurts.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

zaherir

doler means "to hurt" physically or emotionally, causing pain in general; zaherir means "to hurt" someone's feelings specifically through cutting, wounding words.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

machucar

machucar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to hurt."

Practice

1 What does doler mean?

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