doente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doente, from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈente̝/, /doˈɛnte̝/, /ˈdo̯ente̝/

Adjective

1. sick (in poor health)
   • 1292, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 47:

     eu Pedro Peláez de Vilar, jazendo doente no corpo e sao na memoria [...]

     I, Pedro Peláez de Vilar, lying sick of my body but sound in my memory [...]

2. aching
3. rabid (e.g. a dog)
4. mad, furious

Synonyms

• (in poor health): enfermo

Antonyms

• san

Noun

doente m or f (plural s)

1. a sick person
   • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:

     e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr

     and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

Synonyms

• (sick person): enfermo, paciente

Related terms

• adoecer
• doenza
• doer
• dor

References

• Template:R:DDGM
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “doente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doente, from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”). Compare Spanish doliente, Italian dolente. Doublet of dolente, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwẽ.tɨ/

  • Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /do.ˈẽ.te/
• IPA^(key): /du.ˈẽ.t͡ʃi/

Adjective

1. sick (in poor health)
2. (informal) mad, crazy

Synonyms

• (in poor health): enfermo, fraco, mal debilitado, enfermiço, débil

Antonyms

• saudável, sadio

Noun

doente m or f (plural s)

1. a sick person
2. (informal) a crazy or mad person

Synonyms

• (sick person): enfermo, paciente

Related terms

• adoecer
• adoentar
• doença

• doentio
• doer
• dor

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: duenti