doença

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doença, from Latin dolentia, from dolēns (“suffering”). By surface analysis, doer (“to hurt”) +‎ -ença.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈẽ.sɐ/, /duˈẽ.sɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈẽ.sa/

  • Hyphenation: do‧en‧ça

Noun

doença f (plural doenças)

  1. illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)
    Synonyms: enfermidade, (only in names) mal; moléstia, maladia
  2. (uncountable) illness; disease (a state of bad health)
    Synonym: enfermidade
  3. (figurative) illness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)
    Synonyms: mal, aflição

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