herir

Meaning

(transitive) to wound, injure (to cause physical injury and pain)
(transitive) to hurt, offend, wound (to cause emotional pain)

beat down on

sentir dolor

causar dolor

hacer doler

provocardolor

hacer dolor

padecer dolor

hacer daño

Frequency

Hyphenated as

he‧rir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eˈɾiɾ/

Inherited from Old Spanish

ferir

Inherited from Latin

ferio

Cognate with English

interfere

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish ferir, from Latin ferīre, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to scrape, to cut”). Related to English interfere.

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