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Meanings of pains in English

Portuguese
esforço
Catalan
esforç
Spanish
esmero

An effortful attempt to attain a goal.

        esforço
        Usage of pains in English
        1
        Friends said the pains were the result of a previous hernia injury.
        Reuters
        2
        The authorities take great pains to prevent citizens from accessing the internet.
        BBC
        3
        She said the long, long day was as bad as labour pains.
        The Irish Times
        4
        She was maybe fifty, but had taken great pains to look younger.
        The stand
        5
        Expectant mothers toiled in the fields until they felt their labor pains.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        6
        Witness attributed the pains in the head to the effect of shell-shock.
        The Shrieking Pit
        7
        Apparently she took great pleasure in the pains and misfortunes of others.
        Bloodthirsty
        8
        These they spared no pains in educating for usefulness in the world.
        The Underground Railroad / A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrativ...
        9
        As Theresa May has been at pains to stress: Allardyce means Allardyce.
        The Guardian
        10
        Whilst she was at police station she started complaining of labour pains.
        The South African
        11
        As in many other industries, the on-demand economy is experiencing growing pains.
        Wired
        12
        I work miracles; you once took the pains to write me so.
        Samuel Brohl and Company
        13
        She had fever regularly, and the pains in her head became intolerable.
        Pierrette
        14
        Marie Garcia said her pains were coming at four- or five-minute intervals.
        Alas, Babylon
        15
        He says the growing pains means that the country is getting wealthier.
        Radio NZ
        16
        The smoke was stifling, and the pains of dissolution in my heart.
        Gulliver of Mars
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        Translations for pains
        Portuguese
        esforço
        Pains through the time
        Pains across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
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