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weh tun — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ache verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  • ail verb To cause someone pain or trouble, often used when asking what is wrong with them.
  • hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.

Senses

weh tun is used for these senses in English:

  • ache (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • ail (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  • ail (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  • hurt (intransitive, stative) To be painful.

ache — full definition

  1. verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  2. verb To feel emotional pain or a strong longing for something.
  3. noun A steady, dull pain, or a deep emotional hurt.

ail — full definition

  1. verb To cause someone pain or trouble, often used when asking what is wrong with them.
  2. verb To feel unwell or be in pain.
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