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suffer

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

Definitions

  1. To undergo hardship
  2. (a feeling of) pain or misery. The shortage of food caused widespread suffering; She keeps complaining about her sufferings. lyding عَذاب، مُعاناه страдание sofrimento utrpení das Leiden lidelse ταλαιπωρία, δεινοπάθημα sufrimiento kannatus رنج kärsimys souffranceסבל पीड़ा, कष्ट, दर्द, क्षति, हानि, नुकसान, दु:खभोग, व्यथा, दु:ख, तकलीफ trpljenje, patnja fájdalom penderitaan þjáning sofferenza 苦しみ 고통 kančia, kentėjimas ciešanas penderitaan pijn, noodlidelsecierpienie, ból رنځ sofrimento suferinţă...
  3. To feel pain
  4. sufrir, padecer;to ___ from → padecer de.
  5. To become worse
  6. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm: suffer from arthritis; made the people suffer for their disloyalty.
  7. To endure, undergo
  8. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness: writing that suffers from poor organization.
  9. To allow
  10. To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant): suffer a heart attack; suffer a debilitating illness; suffer pain.
  11. To put up with; tolerate: She does not suffer fools easily. See Synonyms at endure.
  12. to undergo or be subjected to (pain, punishment, etc)
  13. (tr) to undergo or experience (anything): to suffer a change of management.
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  14. (intr) to be set at a disadvantage: this author suffers in translation.
  15. to be prepared to endure (pain, death, etc): he suffers for the cause of freedom.

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Equivalents

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Българскистрадам
Bosanskitrpetitur
Češtinatrpět
Cymraegdioddef
Dansklide
Gàidhligfulaing
עבריתסבל
Hrvatskitrpetitur
Bahasa Indonesialayu
Lietuviųkęsti
Nederlandslijden
Portuguêsdeixarpermitirpiorarsofrer
Românăsuferi
Slovenščinatrpeti
Српскиtrpetitur
Kiswahiliteseka
Tiếng Việtchịu đựng

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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