doença

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doença, from Latin dolentia, from dolēns (“suffering”). By surface analysis, doer (“to hurt”) +‎ -ença.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈẽ.sɐ/, /duˈẽ.sɐ/ [dʊˈẽ.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈẽ.sɐ/, /duˈẽ.sɐ/ [dʊˈẽ.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈẽ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: do‧en‧ça

Noun

doença f (plural doenças)

1. illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)

   Synonyms: enfermidade, (only in names) mal; moléstia, maladia

2. (uncountable) illness; disease (a state of bad health)

   Synonym: enfermidade

3. (figurative) illness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)

   Synonyms: mal, aflição

Related terms

• adoecer
• doente
• doer

Further reading

• “doença” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.