padecía

v. suffer, endure; bear; trouble; know; undergo

v. feel, suffer

= experience, suffer, strike, face.
Nota: En la voz pasiva va seguido de la preposición (with).
Ex: If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.
Ex: Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.
Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
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* padecer de = suffer from.
* padecer enfermedad = get + Enfermedad, suffer from + condition.
* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.
* padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
* padecer tensión = experience + stress.