sofrir

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre (compare Asturian, Galician, Spanish sufrir, Portuguese sofrer), from Latin sufferre, present active infinitive of sufferō.

Pronunciation

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

Related terms

• sofrença
• sofrent
• sofrible
• sofriment

 

See also

• patir

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.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre, present active infinitive of sufferō.

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

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• suffrir
• sufrir
• sufrire

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre, present active infinitive of sufferō.

Verb

sofrir

1. to suffer (endure pain/discomfort)

Descendants

• Catalan: sofrir
• Occitan: sofrir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sufferre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 399