Doler "me duele la cabeza"
Me duele la cabeza = my head hurts/aches
How would I say "it/that hurts my head" please. Just something that's going through my brain and I can't sort it out.
Maybe this form of expression does not exist in Spanish and the example is sufficient to express a head that hurts.
5 Answers
Eso hace que me duela la cabeza.
Eso me provoca dolor de cabeza.
How would I say "it/that hurts my head" please. Just something that's going through my brain and I can't sort it out.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that what you are trying to sort out is how to refer to the source of your pain, i.e. what exactly is causing your head to hurt. If this is the case, I believe that you could simply use the preposition "por" followed by the source of your pain. For example:
Me duele la cabeza por la música ? The music hurts my head (I have a headache because of the music.)
Me duele la cabeza por ello ? That hurts my head (I have a headache because of that).
ignore-misread your question-concerning expressing an agent
Your example looks good to me. I believe that doler is a gustar-like verb, so the "me" is an indirect object here. (la cabeza being the subject of the sentence). Like gustar this is an intransitive sentence. My head is painful to me.
list of gustar-like verbs, including doler
We have several previous threads on doler and gustar-like verbs.
With a little more context.
Por favor. No me des golpes. Me causa dolor en la cabeza.
My try:
Eso me hace dolor a mi cabeza
But it feels very formal. I'm sure you'll receive better answers.
