doente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese doente, from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (hurting, suffering).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈente̝/, /doˈɛnte̝/, /ˈdo̯ente̝/

Adjective

doente m, f (plural doentes)

  1. sick (in poor health)
    • 1292, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 47:
      eu Pedro Peláez de Vilar, jazendo doente no corpo e sao na memoria [...]
      I, Pedro Peláez de Vilar, lying sick of my body but sound in my memory [...]
  2. aching
  3. rabid (e.g. a dog)
  4. mad, furious

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Noun

doente m, f (plural doentes)

  1. a sick person
    • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:
      e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr
      and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese doente, from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (hurting, suffering). Compare Spanish doliente, Italian dolente. Doublet of dolente, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

doente m, f (plural doentes, comparable)

  1. sick (in poor health)
  2. (informal) mad, crazy

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Noun

doente m, f (plural doentes)

  1. a sick person
  2. (informal) a crazy or mad person

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Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: duenti
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