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How to Say ‘My stomach hurts a lot.’ in Portuguese

Dói-me muito a barriga.

DOY-muh MOO-ee-too uh bah-REE-gah

[DOY-muh MOO-ee-too uh bah-REE-gah]

💬 Usage Tip: Portuguese says "to me hurts the belly": the body part comes after the verb, takes a "the" instead of "my", and me shows whose it is. Swap it: Dói-me a cabeça "My head hurts".

Phrase Breakdown

Dói-me muito

DOY-muh MOO-ee-too

It hurts me a lot

'Dói-me' means 'it hurts me'. 'Muito' has a nasal 'ui' sound: 'mũintu'.

Example

Dói-me muito a cabeça.

My head hurts a lot.

Words in this phrase

Dói-me

[DOY-muh]

it hurts me

Verb 'doer' (to hurt) plus 'me' (to me); the body part is the subject.

Example

Dói-me a cabeça.

My head hurts.

muito

[MOO-ee-too]

a lot; very much

An adverb that strengthens the verb, showing a high degree of importance or appreciation.

Example

No evento de carreira, ouvi que eles valorizam muito o bem-estar das pessoas.

At the career event, I heard that they value people's well-being a lot.

a barriga.

uh bah-REE-gah

the belly / stomach

Portuguese uses 'the' with body parts where English uses 'my'. The double 'rr' is a guttural sound in the throat.

Example

Tenho a barriga cheia.

My belly is full.

Words in this phrase

[uh]

the

Feminine singular definite article, meaning 'the'.

Example

A empresa parece aberta a novas ideias.

The company seems open to new ideas.

barriga

[bah-REE-gah]

belly, stomach

Everyday word for the stomach or tummy area.

Example

Tenho a barriga cheia.

My belly is full.

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