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souffrir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • ail verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  • smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
  • suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.
  • tolerate verb To allow something to happen or continue, even if one disapproves of it.

Senses

souffrir is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.]
  • ail (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  • smart (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
  • suffer (intransitive) To become worse.
  • suffer from (transitive) To have a particular disease or condition.
  • tolerate (transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

ail — full definition

  1. verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  2. verb To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

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