sofrimento
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- soffrimento (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From sofrer (“to suffer”) + -mento, from Old Galician-Portuguese sofrer, from Latin sufferō (“to carry under; to suffer”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: so‧fri‧men‧to
Noun edit
sofrimento m (plural sofrimentos)
- (uncountable) suffering (the condition of someone who suffers)
- a prolonged physical or emotional distress
- Synonyms: aflição, amargura, padecimento
- (uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)