bellyache

English

Etymology

From belly +‎ ache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛliˌeɪk/

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Noun

bellyache (plural bellyaches)

1. Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

   Eating too much candy can give you a bellyache.

Synonyms

• stomachache
• tummyache

Derived terms

• bellyache bush
• bellyache root
• bellyache weed

Translations

pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen

• Armenian: փորացավ (hy) (pʻoracʻav)
• Bulgarian: ко́лики f pl (kóliki)
• Czech: bolest břicha f
• Danish: mavepine (da) c
• Dutch: buikpijn (nl) m
• Esperanto: ventrodoloro
• Finnish: vatsakipu (fi), mahakipu
• French: mal au ventre m
• Galician: dor de barriga f
• German: Bauchschmerzen (de) m pl, Bauchweh (de) n
• Greek: στομαχόπονος (el) m (stomachóponos), πονόκοιλος (el) m (ponókoilos)
• Hunsrik: Panzweh n
• Italian: mal di pancia m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سکێشە (sikêşe)

• Macedonian: сто́мачна бо́лка f (stómačna bólka), ко́лики f pl (kóliki)
• Maori: ngaupuku
• Portuguese: dor de barriga f
• Russian: бо́ль в животе́ f (bólʹ v životé), ко́лики (ru) f pl (kóliki)
• Spanish: dolor de barriga m
• Swedish: magont (sv) n
• Volapük: bälidadol (vo), stomägadol

Verb

bellyache (third-person singular simple present bellyaches, present participle bellyaching, simple past and past participle bellyached)

1. (informal, idiomatic, intransitive) To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.

   Quit bellyaching about the problem and help us fix it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

• bellyacher

Translations

To complain or whine, especially needlessly

• Bulgarian: мрънкам (bg) (mrǎnkam), оплаквам се (oplakvam se)
• Dutch: zeuren (nl), flauw doen
• Macedonian: ку́ка (kúka), се жа́ли (se žáli)
• Maori: komekome
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jamre seg (no), sutre (no)

• Russian: ныть (ru) (nytʹ), скулить (ru) (skulitʹ)
• Spanish: renegar (es)