él duela

hurts, is painful

→ doler
duel to hurt, to ache + a third-person singular subjunctive
verb · 3rd-person singular Rare #34,537
hurts, is painful Often used with an indirect object pronoun to show who feels the pain.
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.

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Voy a matar a la persona que más te duela.

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

— Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

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)

La comida hará que duela menos.

The food will make it hurt less.

— Como agua para chocolate (1992)

Aunque te duela.

Even if it hurts.

— No (2012)

En cuanto a la cirugía, puede ser que duela.

As for the surgery, it may hurt.

Hace que me duela más.

It makes it hurt more.

— Parásitos (2019)

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

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

— Mátate, amor (2025)

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

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

— Kajaki (2014)

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

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