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sofrimento

Pronunciation: /so.fɾiˈmẽ.tu/

“sofrimento” is a Portuguese word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. suffering (the condition of someone who suffers)
  2. a prolonged physical or emotional distress
  3. poverty (quality or state of being poor)

In Portuguese

  1. ato de sofrer
  2. padecimento, aflição
  3. dor física
  4. infortúnio
  5. sofrência

Etymology

From sofrer (“to suffer”) + -mento, from Old Galician-Portuguese sofrer, from Latin sufferō (“to carry under; to suffer”).

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