"heartache" meaning in English

See heartache in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɑːteɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heartache.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-heartache.wav 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), yürek ağrısı (Turkish)

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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "broken heart syndrome"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑːteɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-heartache.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "heart-ach"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "heart-ache"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎka",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мъка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "duševna bolka",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "душевна болка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīntòng",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "心痛"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hartzeer"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "korpremo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "sydänsuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "murhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "sydänhaava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chagrin d’amour"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peine de cœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Herzenskummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "pedih hati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "croíbhriseadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crá croí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんつう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shintsū",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "心痛"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cordolium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "karasevda",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "карасевда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "pedih hati"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "tūmatatenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "ahotea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "auhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "huamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "pākikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "mate kanehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heorteċe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dušévnaja bolʹ",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "душе́вная боль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stradánije",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "страда́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "hertake"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress",
      "word": "yürek ağrısı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heartache"
}

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