pain

/peɪn/

Translation

n [c, u]

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⇨ dolor

I have a pain in my arm

Tengo un dolor en el brazo

n [u]

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⇨ dolor [emocional]

⇨ sufrimiento [emocional]

to be a pain in the neck (inform)

⇨ ser un pesado, una pesada col.

⇨ ser un peñazo col.

Véase tb: aches and pains

(Definition of pain nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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