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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�s�f�/, SAMPA|/"sVf@/
(General American|US) IPA|/�s�f�/, SAMPA|/"sVf@`/
audio|en-us-suffer.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�f�(r)|-�f�(r)

Etymology
From L. sufferre.

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To undergo hardship.
2. intransitive To feel pain.

#:At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.

1. context|intransitive|construed with from To have a disease or condition.

#:He's suffering from the flu this week.

1. intransitive To become worse.

#:If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.

1. transitive To endure, undergo.

#:I've been suffering your insults for years.
#:I hope you never have to suffer the same pain.

1. context|transitive|archaic To allow.

#*1560, John Knox, First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
#*:... the holie ghoste doth manifestlie expresse, saying: I suffer not that women usurpe authoritie above man:

Derived terms
suffering
insufferable
suffer fools gladly

Translations
trans-top|To undergo hardship
Arabic: ARchar|تأ�� unicode|(ta�állama)
Aromanian: paţu
Chinese: �� (shòuk�)
Danish: lide
Dutch: lijden
Esperanto: suferi
Finnish: kärsiä
French: subir
German: leiden
Hungarian: szenvedni
Italian: soffrire
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Japanese: ��� (����, kurushimu)
Korean: 괴���� (koerowahada)
Old English: þolian, winnan, þrowian
Polish: do�wiadcza�
Portuguese: sofrer
Romanian: t|ro|suferi
Russian: ���ада�� (stradát�)
Scottish Gaelic: fuiling|fulaing
Slovene: trpeti
Spanish: sufrir
Swedish: lida
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trans-top|To feel pain
Finnish: kärsiä, kitua
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Polish: cierpie�
Romanian: t|ro|suferi
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trans-top|To have a disease or condition
Finnish: olla#Finnish|adessive + 3rd-pers. sg. of olla, potea
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trans-top|To become worse
Finnish: kärsiä
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trans-top|To endure, undergo
Finnish: kestää, kärsiä
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trans-top|To allow
Finnish: sietää, hyväksyä
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