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aquejar

to afflict

verb ah-keh-HAHR Rare

Also means

to trouble

Usage Note

Aquejar is typically used with an impersonal or passive construction: le aqueja una enfermedad means 'he is afflicted by an illness'. It is a formal or literary verb; in everyday speech Spaniards usually say sufrir de or tener instead. It cannot take a human subject causing harm — only a condition or affliction can be its subject.

Examples

"Le aqueja una enfermedad crónica desde joven."

Natural Translation

A chronic illness has afflicted him since he was young.

Literal Translation

To-him afflicts a chronic illness since young.

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