padecer

From Old Portuguese padecer, from Vulgar Latin *patīscere or *patēscere or *patēscō, from Latin patī (“suffer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pe(i)- (“to hurt”). Compare Spanish padecer.

padecer (first-person singular present padeço, first-person singular preterite padeci, past participle padecido)

1. (intransitive, or transitive with de or por or with no preposition) to suffer

   Synonym: sofrer

   O cão padeceu de fome e sede. ― The dog suffered from hunger and thirst.

   Meu irmão padeceu dores praticamente insuportáveis. ― My brother suffered pain that was practically unbearable.

• compadecer
• paixão

• “padecer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “padecer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Vulgar Latin *patīscere or *patēscere, present active infinitive of *patiscō or *patēscō, from Latin patior, pati (“suffer”). Also found in Old Spanish in the form padir, from the Latin form directly.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /padeˈθeɾ/ [pa.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /padeˈseɾ/ [pa.ð̞eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧de‧cer

padecer (first-person singular present padezco, first-person singular preterite padecí, past participle padecido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to suffer

   Synonyms: adolecer, sufrir

• padecimiento m

• compadecer
• paciente, paciencia
• pasión

• “padecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014