doente

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) sick (in poor health)
2. (feminine, masculine) weak
3. (feminine, masculine) sad
4. (feminine, informal, masculine) mad, crazy

Noun

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) a sick person
2. (by-personal-gender, colloquial, feminine, informal, masculine) a crazy or mad person

Opposite of

saudável, sadio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/doˈẽ.t͡ʃi/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dolēns

Cognate with Spanish: doliente

Cognate with Italian: dolente

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doente, from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering”). Compare Spanish doliente, Italian dolente. Doublet of dolente, a borrowing.

Concepts

sick

🤢

ill

🤢

unwell

ailing

diseased

sickness

unhealthy

patient

feel sick

become sick

face with thermometer

disordered

face with thermometer

immoral

nasty

be sick

Synonyms

enfermo

🤢

aleijado

doença

mole

paciente

doentio

insalubre

estar doente

adoentado

🤢

cara com termómetro

fraco

macio

Translations

malalt

🤢

malade

🤢

enfermo

🤢

ziek

🤢

krank

🤢

chory

malato

🤢

naar

aeger

🤢

ammalato

🤢

zieke

αδιάθετος

aegrotus

🤢

مريض

🤢

άρρωστος

Sentences

Para a morte doente , não há médicos .

For sick death, there are no doctors.

Doente que não explica o mal , ou morto ou mortal .

Sick that does not explain evil, or dead or mortal.