doença

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdwẽsɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /do.ˈẽ.sɐ/, /du.ˈẽ.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: do‧en‧ça

Noun

doença f (plural doenças)

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