I suffered through that movie another time

Question

How do you say "I suffered through" something?

My teacher made me watch "Como agua para chocolate again" , it's a good movie but not something I want to watch over and over.

So I want to say "I suffered through that movie another time"

but I don't think sufrir works.

I can't think of another word that could fit there to mean you suffered through it.

He sufrido a través de la película otra vez ------ pure nonsense I know. I wonder how you say it. Although "through it" probably doesn't use "a través" in this sense huh?

good question, explain suffered through exactly for me...in a post! - 00494d19, Jan 24, 2012

Answer 1

No, it doesn't work, jeezle.

We would say something in this line:

Ya lo aguanté una vez...no quiero aguantarla de nuevo.

Unless you mean you actually suffered with the film, that is you thought it was very dramatic but good.

Ya sufrí mucho viendo esa peli, no quiero hacerlo de nuevo.

Answer 2

I concur with Heidi. Although I can think of some instances where you could go directly with the verb "sufrir", the most common way to express the concept stated in your example would be something like: "no quiero volver a pasar por ese sufrimiento".

Suffer doesn't always translate as "sufrir" in Spanish. For example: "Suffer the children to come to me" does not translate as "sufre los niños", but rather "permite que los niños vengan a mi".

Actually, that's exactly what the "suffer" means (i.e. "permit") in English in that case. - samdie, Jan 24, 2012

Answer 3

"Sufrir" actually is the correct verb in this case. A quick Google search shows "sufrir" being used as "to suffer through" a good number of times.

The RAE dictionary also lists "aguantar, tolerar, soportar" as a definition for "sufrir."

So, you'd have: "Sufrí esa película otra vez/de nuevo."

You could also say: "Volví a sufrir esa película."