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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