OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2579

ail

/eɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
afligir • aquejar
To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
What aileth thee, Hagar?
adolecer • padecer
To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.
Phrases