herir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
- injure verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
- pluck verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
- scar noun A mark left on the skin after a wound has healed.
- scathe noun Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
- wound noun An injury where the skin is cut, pierced, or torn.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
herir is used for these senses in English:
- hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- injure (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- pluck (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
- scar (transitive, figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
- scathe (by extension, chiefly, literary, and, poetic) To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
- wound (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- wrong To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.
hurt — full definition
- verb To cause physical pain or injury.
- verb To cause emotional pain or distress.
- verb To damage or have a negative effect on something.
- adj Injured, either physically or emotionally.
- noun Physical injury or emotional pain.
injure — full definition
- verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
- verb To damage someone's reputation, feelings, or interests.