sofrimento
Portuguese, noun/so.fɾiˈmẽ.tu/
sofrimento is spelled S-O-F-R-I-M-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofrimento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “suffering (the condition of someone who suffers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de sofrer”.
What does sofrimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuffering (the condition of someone who suffers)
- 2
masculinea prolonged physical or emotional distress
- 3
masculinepoverty (quality or state of being poor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de sofrer 2. padecimento, aflição 3. dor física 4. infortúnio
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 sofrimento
- sofrimentos plural
- soffrimento alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofrimento?
- Brazil /so.fɾiˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /su.fɾiˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sofrimento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sofrimento in Portuguese?
sofrimento appears 36 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).