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doler

to hurt, to ache

verb irregular Word 723 of the core 1,000 · Stage 4, Expressive

With one thing or several

With doler, the thing is the subject and the person comes first, so the verb changes with the number of things.

Present

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me dueleit hurts me / it is hurting me me duelenthey hurt me / they are hurting me
a ti te dueleit hurts you / it is hurting you te duelenthey hurt you / they are hurting you
a él le dueleit hurts him / it is hurting him / it hurts you (formal) / it is hurting you (formal) le duelenthey hurt him / they are hurting him / they hurt you (formal) / they are hurting you (formal)
a ella le dueleit hurts her / it is hurting her / it hurts you (formal) / it is hurting you (formal) le duelenthey hurt her / they are hurting her / they hurt you (formal) / they are hurting you (formal)
a nosotros nos dueleit hurts us / it is hurting us nos duelenthey hurt us / they are hurting us
a ellos les dueleit hurts them / it is hurting them / it hurts you all / it is hurting you all les duelenthey hurt them / they are hurting them / they hurt you all / they are hurting you all

Preterite

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me dolióit hurt me me dolieronthey hurt me
a ti te dolióit hurt you te dolieronthey hurt you
a él le dolióit hurt him / it hurt you (formal) le dolieronthey hurt him / they hurt you (formal)
a ella le dolióit hurt her / it hurt you (formal) le dolieronthey hurt her / they hurt you (formal)
a nosotros nos dolióit hurt us nos dolieronthey hurt us
a ellos les dolióit hurt them / it hurt you all les dolieronthey hurt them / they hurt you all

Imperfect

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me dolíait was hurting me / it used to hurt me me dolíanthey were hurting me / they used to hurt me
a ti te dolíait was hurting you / it used to hurt you te dolíanthey were hurting you / they used to hurt you
a él le dolíait was hurting him / it used to hurt him / it was hurting you (formal) / it used to hurt you (formal) le dolíanthey were hurting him / they used to hurt him / they were hurting you (formal) / they used to hurt you (formal)
a ella le dolíait was hurting her / it used to hurt her / it was hurting you (formal) / it used to hurt you (formal) le dolíanthey were hurting her / they used to hurt her / they were hurting you (formal) / they used to hurt you (formal)
a nosotros nos dolíait was hurting us / it used to hurt us nos dolíanthey were hurting us / they used to hurt us
a ellos les dolíait was hurting them / it used to hurt them / it was hurting you all / it used to hurt you all les dolíanthey were hurting them / they used to hurt them / they were hurting you all / they used to hurt you all

Future

WhoOne thingSeveral
a mí me doleráit will hurt me me doleránthey will hurt me
a ti te doleráit will hurt you te doleránthey will hurt you
a él le doleráit will hurt him / it will hurt you (formal) le doleránthey will hurt him / they will hurt you (formal)
a ella le doleráit will hurt her / it will hurt you (formal) le doleránthey will hurt her / they will hurt you (formal)
a nosotros nos doleráit will hurt us nos doleránthey will hurt us
a ellos les doleráit will hurt them / it will hurt you all les doleránthey will hurt them / they will hurt you all

In a sentence

Me duele la cabeza.

My head hurts.

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