It hurt in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: do-LÍ-a
IPA: /do.’li.a/

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dolía info.

Tips to remember the word:
– Associate “dolía” with the English word “dull,” as in a dull ache or pain. “Dolía” can remind you of something that was dull or throbbing.
– Think of “dolía” when you hear someone say “It aches!” since the sensation is similar to pain or discomfort.
– Use the phrase “Me dolía la cabeza” (My head hurt) as a mnemonic, as headaches are a common ailment and easy to visualize.

Explanations:
– “Dolía” is the imperfect tense of the verb “doler” in Spanish.
– “Doler” is an impersonal verb, often used similarly to “gustar,” where the subject of the sentence is actually the thing causing pain and the thing experiencing the pain is an indirect object.
– “Doler” means “to hurt” or “to ache.”

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Lastimaba” / “Lastimar” is another verb meaning “to hurt” or “to injure.”
– “Molestaba” / “Molestar” can also be used sometimes to mean “to bother” or “to cause discomfort,” which is often associated with pain.

Different conjugations of “doler”:
– Infinitive: doler (to hurt)
– Present: duele (it hurts), duelen (they hurt)
– Imperfect: dolía (it hurt), dolían (they hurt)
– Preterite: dolió (it hurt), dolieron (they hurt)
– Future: dolerá (it will hurt), dolerán (they will hurt)
– Conditional: dolería (it would hurt), dolerían (they would hurt)
– Present Subjunctive: duela (that it hurts), duelan (that they hurt)
– Imperfect Subjunctive: doliera or doliese (if it hurt), dolieran or doliesen (if they hurt)
– Imperative: duele (hurt! – as in cause pain, singular), duelan (hurt! – plural)

Examples of sentences that use “dolía”:
– Ayer me dolía la espalda después de levantar pesas. (Yesterday my back hurt after lifting weights.)
– Cuando era niño, siempre me dolía el estómago antes de ir a la escuela. (When I was a child, my stomach always hurt before going to school.)
– Me dolía la cabeza, así que decidí tomar un analgésico. (My head hurt, so I decided to take a pain reliever.)
– ¿Te dolía la muela antes de ir al dentista? (Did your tooth hurt before going to the dentist?)
– A María le dolía la rodilla después de correr la maratón. (Maria’s knee hurt after running the marathon.)

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