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soffrire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ache verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  • stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
  • suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.
  • undergo verb To experience or go through something, especially a difficult or significant process.

Senses

soffrire 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.
  • stand (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
  • suffer (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
  • suffer (intransitive) To feel pain.
  • suffer from (transitive) To have a particular disease or condition.
  • undergo (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.

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.

stand — full definition

  1. verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
  2. verb To be located or positioned somewhere.
  3. verb To tolerate or endure something, usually in the negative.
  4. verb To remain valid or in effect.
  5. verb To be a candidate in an election.

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