doença
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese doença, from Latin dolentia, from dolēns (“suffering”), corresponding to doer (“to hurt”) + -ença.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈẽ.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈẽ.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: do‧en‧ça
Noun
doença f (plural doenças)
- illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)
- Synonyms: enfermidade, (only in names) mal; moléstia, maladia
- (uncountable) illness; disease (a state of bad health)
- Synonym: enfermidade
- (figurative) illness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)
- Synonyms: mal, aflição
Related terms
- adoecer
- doente
- doer
Further reading
- “doença” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.