sofrer

Old Leonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sufferere, from Latin sufferre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfɾeɾ/

Verb

sofrer

1. to suffer

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “sufrir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎ (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 333

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sofrer, soffrer, from Vulgar Latin *sufferere or *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfɾe(ʁ)/ [soˈfɾe(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfɾe(ʁ)/ [soˈfɾe(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soˈfɾe(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈfɾe(ʁ)/ [soˈfɾe(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfɾe(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈfɾeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈfɾeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈfɾe.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: so‧frer

Verb

sofrer (first-person singular present sofro, first-person singular preterite sofri, past participle sofrido)

1. to suffer
   1. (intransitive) to endure hardship physically and/or emotionally
   2. (transitive) to undergo, to experience, especially in a negative way

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sofrer (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sofrer
Personal	sofrer	sofreres	sofrer	sofrermos	sofrerdes	sofrerem
Gerund
	sofrendo
Past participle
Masculine	sofrido			sofridos
Feminine	sofrida			sofridas
Indicative
Present	sofro	sofres	sofre	sofremos	sofreis	sofrem
Imperfect	sofria	sofrias	sofria	sofríamos	sofríeis	sofriam
Preterite	sofri	sofreste	sofreu	sofremos	sofrestes	sofreram
Pluperfect	sofrera	sofreras	sofrera	sofrêramos	sofrêreis	sofreram
Future	sofrerei	sofrerás	sofrerá	sofreremos	sofrereis	sofrerão
Conditional	sofreria	sofrerias	sofreria	sofreríamos	sofreríeis	sofreriam
Subjunctive
Present	sofra	sofras	sofra	soframos	sofrais	sofram
Imperfect	sofresse	sofresses	sofresse	sofrêssemos	sofrêsseis	sofressem
Future	sofrer	sofreres	sofrer	sofrermos	sofrerdes	sofrerem
Imperative
Affirmative		sofre	sofra	soframos	sofrei	sofram
Negative (não)		não sofras	não sofra	não soframos	não sofrais	não sofram

Derived terms

• sofrível

Further reading

• “sofrer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025