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To suffer/endure in Italian 🇮🇹


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to suffer/endure soffrire
How to say “to suffer/endure” in Italian? “Soffrire”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “soffrire” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to suffer/endure in Italian like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember:
• Notice the similarity between “soffrire” and the English “suffer.” The shared “soffr” root can help you recall that it means “to suffer” or “to endure.”
• Associate the sound “soffrire” with “suffering” by imagining the physical act of enduring pain whenever you hear it.

Explanations:
• “Soffrire” is used in Italian to mean experiencing pain, hardship, or distress, whether physical or emotional.
• It conveys both the act of suffering and enduring difficult situations.

Synonyms:
• Patire – another verb that means “to suffer.”
• Subire – when referring to undergoing a hardship or unpleasant experience.

Conjugations:

Indicative Present:
 io soffro   (“I suffer”)
 tu soffri   (“you suffer”)
 lui/lei soffre (“he/she suffers”)
 noi soffriamo (“we suffer”)
 voi soffrite  (“you [plural] suffer”)
 loro soffrono (“they suffer”)

Indicative Imperfect:
 io soffrivo   (“I was suffering” or “I used to suffer”)
 tu soffrivi
 lui/lei soffriva
 noi soffrivamo
 voi soffrivate
 loro soffrivano

Passato Remoto:
 io soffrì   (“I suffered” – literary/formal past)
 tu soffristi
 lui/lei soffrì
 noi soffrimmo
 voi soffriste
 loro soffrirono

Future Simple:
 io soffrirò   (“I will suffer”)
 tu soffrirai
 lui/lei soffrirà
 noi soffriremo
 voi soffrirte
 loro soffriranno

Conditional Present:
 io soffrirei   (“I would suffer”)
 tu soffriresti
 lui/lei soffrirebbe
 noi soffriremmo
 voi soffrireste
 loro soffrirebbero

Subjunctive Present:
 che io soffra
 che tu soffra
 che lui/lei soffra
 che noi soffriamo
 che voi soffriate
 che loro soffrano

Subjunctive Imperfect:
 che io soffrissi
 che tu soffrissi
 che lui/lei soffrisse
 che noi soffrissimo
 che voi soffriste
 che loro soffrissero

Imperative:
 (tu) soffri   (affirmative command)
 (lei) soffra  (used formally or in third-person singular)
 (noi) soffriamo
 (voi) soffrite

Compound Tenses:
• Passato Prossimo: ho sofferto (“I have suffered”)
• Trapassato Prossimo: avevo sofferto (“I had suffered”)
• Future Perfect: avrò sofferto (“I will have suffered”)

Example Sentences:
1. Durante la guerra, molte persone hanno sofferto terribilmente.
 Translation: During the war, many people suffered terribly.
2. Non posso più soffrire in silenzio.
 Translation: I can no longer suffer in silence.
3. Spero di non dover soffrire per una causa ingiusta.
 Translation: I hope I won’t have to suffer for an unjust cause.

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