afligir

v.

1 to afflict (causar daño).

La pena aflige el alma Grief afflicts the soul.

2 to distress, to anguish, to aggrieve, to grieve.

Su muerte afligió a una nación His death distressed a nation.

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afligir

Conjugation model [DIRIGIR], like {{link=dirigir}}dirigir

► verbo transitivo

1 to afflict, grieve, trouble

► verbo pronominal afligirse

1 to grieve, be distressed

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verb

1) to afflict

2) distress

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1. VT

1) (=afectar) to afflict; (=apenar) to pain, distress

2) LAm (=golpear) to beat, hit

2.

See:

afligirse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (afectar) to afflict

b) (apenar) to upset

2.

afligirse v pron to get upset

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= afflict, ail, desolate.

Ex. There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.

Ex. The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.

Ex. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.

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* afligirse = become + distressed, grieve.

* problema + afligir = problem + afflict.

* sentirse afligido = feel + hurt.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (afectar) to afflict

b) (apenar) to upset

2.

afligirse v pron to get upset

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= afflict, ail, desolate.

Ex: There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.

Ex: The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.

Ex: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.

* afligirse = become + distressed, grieve.

* problema + afligir = problem + afflict.

* sentirse afligido = feel + hurt.

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afligir [I7 ]

vt

1 (afectar, perjudicar) to afflict

los problemas que afligían al país the problems afflicting the country

2 (apenar) to upset

■ afligirse

v pron

to get upset

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afligir (conjugate afligir) verbo transitivo

a) (afectar) to afflict

b) (apenar) to upset

afligirse verbo pronominal
to get upset
afligir verbo transitivo to afflict
'afligir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afectar
English:
afflict
- distress
- plague

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afligir

♦ vt

1. [causar daño] to afflict;

los males que afligen a la región the problems afflicting the region

2. [causar pena] to distress;

su partida la afligió she was saddened by his leaving

♦ See also the pronominal verb afligirse

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afligir

v/t

1 afflict

2 (apenar) upset

3 L.Am. F (golpear) beat up

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afligir {35} vt

1) : to distress, to upset

2) : to afflict

♦ See also the reflexive verb afligirse

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afligir vb to distress