suffer from

verb

To have a particular disease or condition.

“He suffered from cholera.”

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Meanings

verbsuffer from (third-person singular simple present suffers from, present participle suffering from, simple past and past participle suffered from)

present singular third person suffers from · participle present suffering from · participle past suffered from · past suffered from

  1. transitiveTo have a particular disease or condition.

    He suffered from cholera.

Translations

Ancient Greek νοσέω
  • νοσέω (noséō)have a disease or condition
Bengali ভোগা
  • ভোগা (bhōga)have a disease or condition
Catalan patir, sofrir
  • patirhave a disease or condition
  • sofrirhave a disease or condition
Chinese Mandarin 患有
  • 患有 (huànyǒu)have a disease or condition
Danish lide af, fejle
  • lide afhave a disease or condition
  • fejlehave a disease or condition
Finnish potea
  • poteahave a disease or condition
French souffrir
  • souffrirhave a disease or condition
German leiden
  • leidenhave a disease or condition
Greek πάσχω
  • πάσχω (páscho)have a disease or condition
Hungarian szenved
  • szenvedhave a disease or condition
Italian soffrire, penare
  • soffrirehave a disease or condition
  • penarehave a disease or condition
  • subirehave a disease or condition
  • patirehave a disease or condition
Japanese 掛かる, 罹患する
  • 掛かる (kakaru)have a disease or condition
  • 罹患する (rikan suru)have a disease or condition
Lithuanian sirgti
  • sirgtihave a disease or condition
Māori whakataumaha
  • whakataumahahave a disease or condition
Norwegian lide
  • lidehave a disease or condition
Polish cierpieć na
  • cierpieć nahave a disease or condition
Portuguese sofrer
  • sofrerhave a disease or condition
Spanish sufrir / padecer / adolecer de
  • sufrir / padecer / adolecer dehave a disease or condition
Swahili teseka
  • tesekahave a disease or condition
Swedish lida (av)
  • lida (av)have a disease or condition
Turkish hasta olmak, hastalikli
  • hasta olmakhave a disease or condition
  • hastaliklihave a disease or condition
  • çekmekhave a disease or condition
Welsh dioddef
  • dioddefhave a disease or condition
Cite this entry
APA

suffer from. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffer%20from

MLA

“suffer from.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffer%20from. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suffer from,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffer%20from.

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