suffer

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To allow.

Frecuencia

B1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈsʌfə/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

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