It hurts in Italian 🇮🇹

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Tips to remember:
• Remember that “fa male” comes from the verb “fare” (to do/make) paired with “male” (bad), so if something “does bad” to you, it hurts you.
• Associate “male” with “bad” or “wrong,” reinforcing that when something “fa male” it’s causing pain.

Explanations:
• “Fare male” is an idiomatic expression meaning “to hurt.” It’s used impersonally (often with an indirect object pronoun) to indicate that some part of the body is in pain.
• Although not a standalone verb for “to hurt,” the construction “mi fa male,” “ti fa male,” etc., is standard for expressing pain in Italian.

Other words with similar meaning:
• “Dolere” – used more formally or in literary contexts (e.g., “Mi duole la testa” = “My head aches”).
• “Soffrire” – means “to suffer” and can be used when referring to pain or discomfort.

Infinitive and Conjugations of “fare male”:
Since “fare male” is built on the commonly used verb “fare,” here are its conjugations with “male” added:

Infinitive:
 fare male

Present:
 io faccio male
 tu fai male
 lui/lei fa male
 noi facciamo male
 voi fate male
 loro fanno male

Imperfect:
 io facevo male
 tu facevi male
 lui/lei faceva male
 noi facevamo male
 voi facevate male
 loro facevano male

Future:
 io farò male
 tu farai male
 lui/lei farà male
 noi faremo male
 voi farete male
 loro faranno male

Present Perfect:
 io ho fatto male
 tu hai fatto male
 lui/lei ha fatto male
 noi abbiamo fatto male
 voi avete fatto male
 loro hanno fatto male

Examples of sentences:
• “Mi fa male la testa.”
 Translation: “My head hurts.”
• “Dopo la caduta, gli ha fatto male al ginocchio.”
 Translation: “After the fall, his knee hurt.”
• “Se tocchi quella pianta velenosa, ti farà male.”
 Translation: “If you touch that poisonous plant, it will hurt you.”

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