adolecer
Spanish, verb/adoleˈθeɾ/
adolecer is spelled A-D-O-L-E-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adolecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to suffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar dolencia o enfermedad”.
What does adolecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suffer
adolecer de defectos insubsanables
- 2
to fall ill
- 3
archaicto make ill
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar dolencia o enfermedad.
verb: 1. Contraer una enfermedad o padecer alguna enfermedad habitual. 2. Dicho de afectos, pasiones, vicios o malas cualidades: tenerlos o padecerlos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adolecer
- adolezco first-person present singular
- adolecí first-person preterite singular
- adolecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- adoleciendo gerund
- adolecida feminine participle past
- adolecidos masculine participle past
- adolecidas feminine participle past
- adoleces indicative informal present
- adolecés indicative informal present
- adolece indicative present singular
- adolecemos first-person indicative plural
- adolecéis indicative plural present
- adolecen indicative plural present
- adolecía first-person imperfect indicative
- adolecías imperfect indicative second-person
- adolecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adolecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adolecer?
- /adoleˈθeɾ/
- [a.ð̞o.leˈθeɾ]
- /adoleˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adolecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adolecer in Spanish?
adolecer appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).