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dor

Portuguese, noun/ˈdoʁ/

dor is spelled D-O-R (3 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 934th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dor is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pain (physical or emotional)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sensação desagradável”.

What does dor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepain (physical or emotional)

suffix

as -dor
  1. 1

    masculineforms agent nouns from verbs; -er, -or

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sensação desagradável: 2. resposta do organismo indicando que alguma coisa está errada: 3. sofrimento físico ou moral: 4. mágoa, pesar, aflição

suffix: 1. adicionado a verbos e formador de substantivos, exprime a ideia de agente 2. adicionado a verbos e formador de adjetivos, que exprime a ideia de agente

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 dor

  • dores plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dor?

  • Brazil /ˈdoʁ/
  • Brazil [ˈdoh]
  • /ˈdoɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is dor in Portuguese?

dor appears 105 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).

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