How to Say ‘My stomach hurts.’ in Portuguese
Dói-me a barriga.
DOY-meh uh bah-RREE-gah
[DOY-meh uh bah-RREE-gah]
💬 Usage Tip: Portuguese says the body part does the hurting "to me": dói-me + the body part. If the body part is plural, dói becomes doem, as in Doem-me as costas "My back hurts".
Phrase Breakdown
Dói-me
[DOY-meh]
hurts me
From 'doer' (to hurt) plus 'me'; the body part is the subject.
Dói-me a cabeça.
My head hurts.
a barriga.
uh bah-RREE-gah
the belly.
'Barriga' means belly or stomach. The 'rr' is a guttural sound from the throat: 'ba-RRI-ga'.
Tenho a barriga cheia.
My belly is full.
Words in this phrase
a
[uh]
the
Feminine singular definite article, meaning 'the'.
A empresa parece aberta a novas ideias.
The company seems open to new ideas.
barriga
[bah-RREE-gah]
stomach, belly
Everyday word for the tummy or belly.
Tenho a barriga cheia.
My belly is full.
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