SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

doler

to hurt (to cause physical or emotional pain)

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

doler: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoduelo
túdueles
él / ella / ustedduele
nosotros / nosotrasdolemos
vosotros / vosotrasdoléis
ellos / ellas / ustedesduelen

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

doler: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodolí
túdoliste
él / ella / usteddolió
nosotros / nosotrasdolimos
vosotros / vosotrasdolisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdolieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

doler: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodolía
túdolías
él / ella / usteddolía
nosotros / nosotrasdolíamos
vosotros / vosotrasdolíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdolían

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

doler: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodoleré
túdolerás
él / ella / usteddolerá
nosotros / nosotrasdoleremos
vosotros / vosotrasdoleréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdolerán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

doler: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodolería
túdolerías
él / ella / usteddolería
nosotros / nosotrasdoleríamos
vosotros / vosotrasdoleríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdolerían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

doler: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoduela
túduelas
él / ella / ustedduela
nosotros / nosotrasdolamos
vosotros / vosotrasdoláis
ellos / ellas / ustedesduelan

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to hurt (to cause physical or emotional pain)
  • to grieve, regret something; to feel sorry about
  • to complain (about)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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