Portuguese

doer

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  1. (intransitive, third-person) to hurt (be painful)
  2. (figuratively, third-person, transitive) to hurt; to pain (cause emotional pain)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/doˈe(ʁ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
doleō
Cognate with Galician
Galician
doer
Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
doler
In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese doer, from Latin dolēre, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Galician doer and Spanish doler.

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