Polyglot Dictionary

zaherir

/saeˈɾiɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
zahiero
preterite (yo)
zaherí
past participle
zaherido

Meaning

  1. to hurt

    • Sus palabras me zahirieron.

      His words hurt me.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

doler

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

doer

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

Portuguese

machucar

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

Practice

1 What does zaherir mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches zaherir?

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