doente
Meaning
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- (feminine,masculine) sick (in poor health)
- (feminine,masculine) weak
- (feminine,masculine) sad
- (feminine,informal,masculine) mad, crazy
Frequency
Hyphenated as
do‧en‧te
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/doˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese doente, from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering”). Compare Spanish doliente, Italian dolente. Doublet of dolente, a borrowing.
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