ail
Significado (English)
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- To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
- To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
Synonyms
be ill
be indisposed
be poorly
be ailing
be feverish
feel sick
feel unwell
get ill
grate on
have a fever
jar on
lie sick
have pain
eat on
be in ill-health
be out-of-sorts
be seedy
be unhealthy
have bad health
encroach upon
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/eɪl/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).
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