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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɑːteɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heartache.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-heartache.wav [UK] Forms: heartaches [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English heorteece, heorte-ece, from Old English heorteċe, equivalent to heart + ache. Blends both literal and figurative aspects, as emotional distress sometimes includes a physical element of chest discomfort. Compare heartbreak § Etymology, whose literal aspect is lesser although not quite zero. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heorteece}} Middle English heorteece, {{inh|en|ang|heorteċe}} Old English heorteċe, {{af|en|heart|ache}} heart + ache Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heartache (countable and uncountable, plural heartaches)
  1. Very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress. Wikipedia link: broken heart syndrome Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: heart-ach [obsolete], heart-ache [archaic] Related terms: headache (english: literal or figurative) Translations (very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress): мъка (mǎka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), душевна болка (duševna bolka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 心痛 (xīntòng) (Chinese Mandarin), hartzeer [neuter] (Dutch), korpremo (Esperanto), sydänsuru (Finnish), murhe (Finnish), sydänhaava (Finnish), chagrin d’amour [masculine] (French), peine de cœur [feminine] (French), Herzenskummer [masculine] (German), pedih hati (Indonesian), croíbhriseadh [masculine] (Irish), crá croí [masculine] (Irish), 心痛 (shintsū) (alt: しんつう) (Japanese), cordolium [neuter] (Latin), карасевда (karasevda) [feminine] (Macedonian), pedih hati (Malay), tūmatatenga (Maori), ahotea (Maori), auhi (Maori), huamo (Maori), pākikini (Maori), mate kanehe (Maori), heorteċe [masculine] (Old English), душе́вная боль (dušévnaja bolʹ) [feminine] (Russian), страда́ние (stradánije) [neuter] (Russian), hertake (Scots), срцобоља [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), srcobolja [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), angustia [feminine] (Spanish), pena [feminine] (Spanish), hjärtesorg (Swedish), ไข้ใจ (kâi-jai) (Thai), โทมนัส (Thai), kâlp ağrısı (Turkish)

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      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "срцобоља"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "srcobolja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angustia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "hjärtesorg"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâi-jai",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "ไข้ใจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "โทมนัส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "kâlp ağrısı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heartache"
}

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