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él duela

hurts

→ doler
duel to hurt; to ache (to cause pain) + a 3rd-person singular subjunctive
verb · third singular · imperative Rare #34,279
hurts Present subjunctive (yo/él/ella/usted) of “doler”, often used after expressions like “Espero que…” or “No quiero que…”.
SP: Espero que no te duela la cabeza.
EN: I hope your head doesn’t hurt.
Conjugation of doler
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second duele —
Third duela —

No, quiero evitar que me duela.

No, I want to avoid getting hurt.

— American Splendor (2003)

Se supone que duela, pero la morfina hará efecto pronto.

It's supposed to hurt, but the morphine will take effect soon.

— Kajaki (2014)

Y que un bebé llore no significa que algo le duela.

And a baby crying doesn't mean that something hurts.

— Die My Love (2025)

Y eso vas a aprender, aunque te duela.

And that's what you're going to learn, even if it hurts.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Diré lo que pienso, le duela a quien le duela.

I’ll say what I think, whether people like it or not.

Hace que me duela más.

It makes it hurt more.

— Parásitos (2019)

En cuanto a la cirugía, puede ser que duela.

As for the surgery, it may hurt.

Voy a matar a la persona que más te duela.

I'm going to kill the person who hurts you the most.

— Mike y Nick y Nick y Alice (2026)