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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈẽ.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/

Hyphenation: do‧en‧ça

Noun

doença f (plural doenças)

illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)
Synonyms: enfermidade, (only in names) mal; moléstia, maladia
(uncountable) illness; disease (a state of bad health)
Synonym: enfermidade
(figurative) illness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)
Synonyms: mal, aflição

Related terms

Further reading

“doença” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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