sufrir

to suffer

sufrir(soo-freer)

intransitive verb

1. (to experience pain)

a. to suffer

No puede comer pastel porque sufre de diabetes.

He can't eat cake because he suffers from diabetes.

Mejor corta comunicación con él, no quieres que sufra más.

You'd better cut off communication with him, you don't want him to suffer anymore.

transitive verb

2. (to endure)

a. to stand

No puedo sufrir a mi suegra.

I can't stand my mother in law.

b. to bear

No puede sufrir que la ignoren.

She can bear to be ignored.

3. (to experience)

a. to suffer

Nuestro ejército sufrió el ataque a medianoche.

Our army suffered the attack at midnight.

b. to have

Sufrieron un accidente cuando volvían a casa.

They had an accident when they were coming back home.

c. to undergo (surgery)

Sufrió una operación y ahora tiene que descansar.

He underwent surgery and now he has to rest.

sufrir

transitive verb

1. (padecer)

a. to suffer

2. (accidente)

a. to have

no sufrió dañosit wasn't damaged

sufrió una agresiónhe was the victim of an attack

3. (soportar)

a. to bear, to stand

tengo que sufrir sus maníasI have to put up with his idiosyncrasies

4. (experimentar)

a. to undergo, to experience

la Bolsa sufrió una caídathe stock market fell

la empresa ha sufrido pérdidasthe company has reported o made losses

intransitive verb

5. (padecer)

a. to suffer

sufrir deto suffer from

sufrir del estómagoto have a stomach complaint

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sufrir

transitive verb

1 (tener) [+accidente] to have; suffer; [+consecuencias, revés] to suffer; [+cambio] to undergo; [+intervención quirúrgica] to have; undergo; [+pérdida] to suffer; sustain

la ciudad sufrió un ataque the city suffered o sustained an attack; sufrió un ataque al corazón he had a heart attack; sufrir un colapso to collapse

2 (soportar)

Juan no puede sufrir a su jefe Juan can't bear o stand his boss; no puede sufrir que la imiten she can't bear o stand people imitating her

3 [+examen, prueba] to undergo

4 (sostener) to hold up; support

intransitive verb

to suffer

sufría en silencio she suffered in silence; mi madre sufre mucho si llego tarde a casa my mother gets terribly worried if I'm late home; hacer sufrir a algn to make sb suffer; sufrir de algo to suffer from sth; sufre de reumatismo she suffers from rheumatism; sufre mucho de los pies she suffers a lot o has a lot of trouble with her feet