soffrire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sofˈfri.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sof‧frì‧re

Verb

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soffrìre (first-person singular present sòffro, first-person singular past historic soffrìi or (less common) soffèrsi, past participle soffèrto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to suffer, to feel, to go through
    Synonym: patire
  2. (transitive) to suffer, to undergo, to sustain
    Synonym: subire
  3. (transitive) to stand, to bear, to put up with, to allow
    Synonyms: tollerare, consentire, permettere
  4. (intransitive) to suffer, to be in pain [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: patire

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • soffrire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • soffrire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa