doer
Portuguese, verb/duˈe(ʁ)/
doer is spelled D-O-E-R (4 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hurt (be painful)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estar dolorido”.
What does doer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurt (be painful)
Minha perna doía tanto que eu não conseguia andar.
- 2
to hurt; to pain (cause emotional pain)
Dói-me ver o sofrimento dessas pessoas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estar dolorido 2. causar dor física 3. provocar sofrimento emocional 4. sentir ressentimento
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo doer 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo doer 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo doer 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo doer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of doer
- dói present singular third-person
- doeu preterite singular third-person
- doído participle past
- doerem infinitive plural third-person
- doendo gerund
- doídos masculine participle past
- doída feminine participle past
- doídas feminine participle past
- doem indicative plural present
- doía imperfect indicative singular
- doíam imperfect indicative plural
- doeram indicative plural preterite
- doera indicative pluperfect singular
- doerá future indicative singular
- doerão future indicative plural
- doeria conditional singular third-person
- doeriam conditional plural third-person
- doa present singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doer?
- Brazil /duˈe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [duˈe(h)]
- Brazil /ˈdwe(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doer in Portuguese?
doer appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).