doler

See also: dòler and døler

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin dolēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈle(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
• Syllabification: do‧ler

Verb

doler

1. (transitive) to hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of doler (second conjugation)

infinitive			doler
gerund			dolendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		doliu, dolito		dolida, dolita
		plural		dolius, dolitos		dolidas, dolitas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	dolo	doles	dole	dolemos	dolez	dolen
	imperfect	doleba, dolebe	dolebas	doleba	dolebanos	dolebaz	doleban
	preterite	dolié	doliés	dolió	doliemos	doliez	dolioron, dolión
	future	doleré	dolerás	dolerá	doleremos	dolerez	dolerán
	conditional	dolería	dolerías	dolería	doleríanos	doleríaz	dolerían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	dola	dolas	dola	dolamos	dolaz	dolan
	imperfect	dolese	doleses	dolese	dolesenos	dolesez	dolesen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	dole	—	—	dolez	—

References

• “doler”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “doler”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dolēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈleɾ/ [d̪oˈleɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: do‧ler

Verb

doler

1. to pain, hurt

   duelme la cabeza

   my head hurts

2. (pronominal) to pity, feel sorry [with de ‘for, on’]

   desque-y morrió'l pá duélgome muncho d'ella

   ever since her father died I pity her so much

   • c. 1770, Antonio Balvidares Argüelles, El misteriu de la Trinidá / Vida, pasión y muerte de Xesucristo:

     Señor, duélase de min

     Sir, have pity on me

3. (pronominal) to regret, to feel remorse
4. (pronominal) to lament, grieve

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “doler”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “doler”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dolēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [duˈle̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [doˈlə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈlɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [doˈleɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [doˈle]

Verb

doler (first-person singular present dolc, first-person singular preterite dolguí, past participle dolgut); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. alternative form of doldre

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of doler (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			doler
gerund			dolent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dolgut		dolguda
		plural		dolguts		dolgudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dolc	dols	dol	dolem	doleu	dolen
	imperfect	dolia	dolies	dolia	dolíem	dolíeu	dolien
	future	doldré	doldràs	doldrà	doldrem	doldreu	doldran
	preterite	dolguí	dolgueres	dolgué	dolguérem	dolguéreu	dolgueren
	conditional	doldria	doldries	doldria	doldríem	doldríeu	doldrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dolgui	dolguis	dolgui	dolguem	dolgueu	dolguin
	imperfect	dolgués	dolguessis	dolgués	dolguéssim	dolguéssiu	dolguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	dol	dolgui	dolguem	doleu	dolguin
	negative (no)	—	no dolguis	no dolgui	no dolguem	no dolgueu	no dolguin

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dolāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.le/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

doler

1. to plane (cut with a plane)

Conjugation

Conjugation of doler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	doler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dolant /dɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dolé /dɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dole /dɔl/	doles /dɔl/	dole /dɔl/	dolons /dɔ.lɔ̃/	dolez /dɔ.le/	dolent /dɔl/
	imperfect	dolais /dɔ.lɛ/	dolais /dɔ.lɛ/	dolait /dɔ.lɛ/	dolions /dɔ.ljɔ̃/	doliez /dɔ.lje/	dolaient /dɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	dolai /dɔ.le/	dolas /dɔ.la/	dola /dɔ.la/	dolâmes /dɔ.lam/	dolâtes /dɔ.lat/	dolèrent /dɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	dolerai /dɔl.ʁe/	doleras /dɔl.ʁa/	dolera /dɔl.ʁa/	dolerons /dɔl.ʁɔ̃/	dolerez /dɔl.ʁe/	doleront /dɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dolerais /dɔl.ʁɛ/	dolerais /dɔl.ʁɛ/	dolerait /dɔl.ʁɛ/	dolerions /dɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	doleriez /dɔ.lə.ʁje/	doleraient /dɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dole /dɔl/	doles /dɔl/	dole /dɔl/	dolions /dɔ.ljɔ̃/	doliez /dɔ.lje/	dolent /dɔl/
	imperfect2	dolasse /dɔ.las/	dolasses /dɔ.las/	dolât /dɔ.la/	dolassions /dɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	dolassiez /dɔ.la.sje/	dolassent /dɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dole /dɔl/	—	dolons /dɔ.lɔ̃/	dolez /dɔ.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• doloire

References

• “doler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• drôle

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from Spanish doler, Portuguese doer and Italian dolère, all from Latin doleō (“to hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈler/

Verb

doler

1. (intransitive) to hurt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doler

infinitive		doler
participle		present	perfect
		dolente	dolite
active		simple	perfect
	present	dole	ha dolite
	past	doleva	habeva dolite
	future	dolera	habera dolite
	conditional	dolerea	haberea dolite
	imperative	dole	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es dolite	ha essite dolite
	past	esseva dolite	habeva essite dolite
	future	essera dolite	habera essite dolite
	conditional	esserea dolite	haberea essite dolite
	imperative	sia dolite	—

Related terms

• condoler
• dolo
• dolor
• dolorose
• indolente
• indoler

Collocations

• doler se de

  to be sorry for

References

• Alexander Gode (1951), “doler”, in Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL, page 122

Latin

Verb

doler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dolō

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dolēre. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French doloir.

Verb

doler

1. to hurt; to cause pain

Descendants

• Occitan: dòler

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “dolēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 117

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish doler, inherited from Latin dolēre, doleō, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Compare English condolence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈleɾ/ [d̪oˈleɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: do‧ler

Verb

doler (first-person singular present duelo, first-person singular preterite dolí, past participle dolido)

1. (intransitive, chiefly in the third person) to hurt (to cause physical or emotional pain) [(commonly) with dative]

   Me duele la cabeza.

   My head hurts.

   (literally, “My head hurts me.”)

   Las vacunas no duelen tanto.

   Vaccines don't hurt so much.

2. (intransitive, pronominal) to grieve, regret something; to feel sorry about [with de]

   Me duelo de no haberte llamado cuando estabas enferma.

   I grieve not having calling you when you were sick.

3. (intransitive, pronominal) to complain (about) [with de]

   Le dolía la cabeza pero no se dolió de ello.

   His head hurt but he didn't complain about it.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doler (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			doler
gerund			doliendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dolido		dolida
		plural		dolidos		dolidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	duelo	duelestú dolésvos	duele	dolemos	doléis	duelen
	imperfect	dolía	dolías	dolía	dolíamos	dolíais	dolían
	preterite	dolí	doliste	dolió	dolimos	dolisteis	dolieron
	future	doleré	dolerás	dolerá	doleremos	doleréis	dolerán
	conditional	dolería	dolerías	dolería	doleríamos	doleríais	dolerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	duela	duelastú dolásvos2	duela	dolamos	doláis	duelan
	imperfect (ra)	doliera	dolieras	doliera	doliéramos	dolierais	dolieran
	imperfect (se)	doliese	dolieses	doliese	doliésemos	dolieseis	doliesen
	future1	doliere	dolieres	doliere	doliéremos	doliereis	dolieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dueletú dolévos	duela	dolamos	doled	duelan
	negative		no duelas	no duela	no dolamos	no doláis	no duelan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of doler (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive doler	dative	dolerme	dolerte	dolerle, dolerse	dolernos	doleros	dolerles, dolerse
	accusative	dolerme	dolerte	dolerlo, dolerla, dolerse	dolernos	doleros	dolerlos, dolerlas, dolerse
with gerund doliendo	dative	doliéndome	doliéndote	doliéndole, doliéndose	doliéndonos	doliéndoos	doliéndoles, doliéndose
	accusative	doliéndome	doliéndote	doliéndolo, doliéndola, doliéndose	doliéndonos	doliéndoos	doliéndolos, doliéndolas, doliéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative duele	dative	duéleme	duélete	duélele	duélenos	not used	duéleles
	accusative	duéleme	duélete	duélelo, duélela	duélenos	not used	duélelos, duélelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dolé	dative	doleme	dolete	dolele	dolenos	not used	doleles
	accusative	doleme	dolete	dolelo, dolela	dolenos	not used	dolelos, dolelas
with formal second-person singular imperative duela	dative	duélame	not used	duélale, duélase	duélanos	not used	duélales
	accusative	duélame	not used	duélalo, duélala, duélase	duélanos	not used	duélalos, duélalas
with first-person plural imperative dolamos	dative	not used	dolámoste	dolámosle	dolámonos	dolámoos	dolámosles
	accusative	not used	dolámoste	dolámoslo, dolámosla	dolámonos	dolámoos	dolámoslos, dolámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative doled	dative	doledme	not used	doledle	dolednos	doleos	doledles
	accusative	doledme	not used	doledlo, doledla	dolednos	doleos	doledlos, doledlas
with formal second-person plural imperative duelan	dative	duélanme	not used	duélanle	duélannos	not used	duélanles, duélanse
	accusative	duélanme	not used	duélanlo, duélanla	duélannos	not used	duélanlos, duélanlas, duélanse

    Conjugation of dolerse (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dolerse
gerund			doliéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dolido		dolida
		plural		dolidos		dolidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	dolerme	dolerte	dolerse	dolernos	doleros	dolerse
	gerund	doliéndome	doliéndote	doliéndose	doliéndonos	doliéndoos	doliéndose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me duelo	te duelestú te dolésvos	se duele	nos dolemos	os doléis	se duelen
	imperfect	me dolía	te dolías	se dolía	nos dolíamos	os dolíais	se dolían
	preterite	me dolí	te doliste	se dolió	nos dolimos	os dolisteis	se dolieron
	future	me doleré	te dolerás	se dolerá	nos doleremos	os doleréis	se dolerán
	conditional	me dolería	te dolerías	se dolería	nos doleríamos	os doleríais	se dolerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me duela	te duelastú te dolásvos2	se duela	nos dolamos	os doláis	se duelan
	imperfect (ra)	me doliera	te dolieras	se doliera	nos doliéramos	os dolierais	se dolieran
	imperfect (se)	me doliese	te dolieses	se doliese	nos doliésemos	os dolieseis	se doliesen
	future1	me doliere	te dolieres	se doliere	nos doliéremos	os doliereis	se dolieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		duéletetú doletevos	duélase	dolámonos	doleos	duélanse
	negative		no te duelas	no se duela	no nos dolamos	no os doláis	no se duelan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• dolerse

Related terms

• dolencia
• doliente
• dolor
• doloroso
• duelo

Further reading

• “doler”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔlɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛr

Noun

doler m or f (plural doleri)

1. (numismatics) dollar

Mutation

Mutated forms of doler

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
doler	ddoler	noler	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “doler”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies