heartburn

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) annoyance, heartache, or similar feelings.

Conceptos

agriera

ardor de estómago

agreza

acidez de estómago

ardentía

Sinónimos

Traducciones

bruciore di stomaco

pyrosis

maagbrand

brûlures d’estomac

καούρα

aigreur d’estomac

brandend maagzuur

pirose

Frecuencia

22k
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English hertbryne, herte-bren (“lust", also "heartburn”, literally “heart burn”), equivalent to heart + burn. Compare also Middle English herte-brennyng (“anger, bitterness, heartburn”, literally “burning of/in the heart, heart-burning”). Compare also Ancient Greek καρδιαλγία (kardialgía), from καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). From being a burning sensation near the location of the heart in the chest.

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