sofrir

Asturian

Verb

sofrir (first-person singular indicative present sofro, past participle sofríu)

1. Alternative form of sufrir

Conjugation

Conjugation of sofrir

infinitive		sofrir
gerundive		sofriendo
participle		m sofríu, f sofrida, n sofrío, m pl sofríos, f pl sofríes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	sofro	sofres	sofre	sofrimos	sofrís	sofren
	preterite imperfect	sofría	sofríes	sofría	sofríemos/sofríamos	sofríeis/sofríais	sofríen
	preterite indefinite	sofrí	sofriesti/sofristi	sofrió	sofriemos/sofrimos	sofriestis/sofristis	sofrieron
	pluperfect	sofriere/sofriera	sofrieres/sofrieras	sofriere/sofriera	sofriéremos/sofriéramos	sofriereis/sofrierais	sofrieren/sofrieran
subjunctive	present	sofra	sofras	sofra	soframos	sofráis	sofran
	preterite imperfect	sofriere/sofriera	sofrieres/sofrieras	sofriere/sofriera	sofriéremos/sofriéramos	sofriereis/sofrierais	sofrieren/sofrieran
potential	future	sofriré	sofrirás	sofrirá	sofriremos	sofriréis	sofrirán
	conditional	sofriría	sofriríes	sofriría	sofriríemos/sofriríamos	sofriríeis/sofriríais	sofriríen
imperative			sofri			sofríi

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan sofrir~soferir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre (whence the Old Catalan variant soferre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [suˈfɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [soˈfɾiɾ]

Verb

sofrir (first-person singular present sofreixo, first-person singular preterite sofrí, past participle sofert or sofrit)

1. to tolerate, to accept, to put up with
2. to undergo, to be subject to
3. to suffer

   Synonym: patir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sofrir (third conjugation, with -eix-, irregular)

infinitive			sofrir
gerund			sofrint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sofert, sofrit		soferta, sofrida
		plural		soferts, sofrits		sofertes, sofrides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sofreixo	sofreixes	sofreix	sofrim	sofriu	sofreixen
	imperfect	sofria	sofries	sofria	sofríem	sofríeu	sofrien
	future	sofriré	sofriràs	sofrirà	sofrirem	sofrireu	sofriran
	preterite	sofrí	sofrires	sofrí	sofrírem	sofríreu	sofriren
	conditional	sofriria	sofriries	sofriria	sofriríem	sofriríeu	sofririen
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sofreixi	sofreixis	sofreixi	sofrim	sofriu	sofreixin
	imperfect	sofrís	sofrissis	sofrís	sofríssim	sofríssiu	sofrissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sofreix	sofreixi	sofrim	sofriu	sofreixin
	negative (no)	—	no sofreixis	no sofreixi	no sofrim	no sofriu	no sofreixin

Related terms

• sofrença
• sofrent
• sofrible
• sofriment

 

Further reading

• “sofrir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sofrir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sofrir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sofrir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• suffrir, susfrir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre.

Verb

sofrir

1. to suffer (endure pain/discomfort)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem suefr distinct from the unstressed stem sofr, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of sofrir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sofrir			avoir sofert, sofri
gerund		en sofrant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sofrant
past participle		sofert, sofri
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	suefre, sofre	suefres, sofres	suefre, sofre	sofrons	sofrez	suefrent, sofrent
	imperfect	sofroie, sofreie	sofroies, sofreies	sofroit, sofreit	sofriiens, sofriens	sofriiez, sofriez	sofroient, sofreient
	preterite	sofri	sofris	sofri	sofrimes	sofristes	sofrirent
	future	sofrerai	sofreras	sofrera	sofrerons	sofreroiz, sofrereiz, sofrerez	sofreront
	conditional	sofreroie, sofrereie	sofreroies, sofrereies	sofreroit, sofrereit	sofreriiens, sofreriens	sofreriiez, sofreriez	sofreroient, sofrereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	suefre, sofre	suefres, sofres	suefre, sofre	sofrons	sofrez	suefrent, sofrent
	imperfect	sofrisse	sofrisses	sofrist	sofrissons, sofrissiens	sofrissoiz, sofrissez, sofrissiez	sofrissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	suefre, sofre	—	sofrons	sofrez	—

Descendants

• French: souffrir
• → Middle English: suffren
  • English: suffer

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• suffrir, sufrir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre.

Verb

sofrir

1. to suffer (endure pain/discomfort)

Descendants

• Occitan: sofrir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sufferre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 399