A stomachache is usually mistaken for a bellyache.
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Bellyache
//ˈbɛliˌeɪk//
Synonyms for "bellyache" (100 found)
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4 entriesderived from
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6 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- փորացավ noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ко́лики noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- мрънкам verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- оплаквам се verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سکێشە noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Czech
1 entries- bolest břicha noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Danish
1 entries- mavepine noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Dutch
3 entries- buikpijn noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- flauw doen verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- zeuren verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Esperanto
1 entries- ventrodoloro noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Finnish
2 entries- mahakipu noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- vatsakipu noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
French
1 entries- mal au ventre noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Galician
4 entries- dor de barriga noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- choricar verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- choromicar verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- mexericar verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
German
4 entries- Bauchschmerzen noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- Bauchweh noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- herumstänkern verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- motzen verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Greek
2 entries- πονόκοιλος noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- στομαχόπονος noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Hungarian
2 entries- hasfájás noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- nyavalyog verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Panzweh noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Italian
1 entries- mal di pancia noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Macedonian
4 entries- ко́лики noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- сто́мачна бо́лка noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- ку́ка verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- се жа́ли verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Māori
2 entries- ngaupuku noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- komekome verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- jamre seg verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- sutre verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Portuguese
1 entries- dor de barriga noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Russian
4 entries- бо́ль в животе́ noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- ко́лики noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- ныть verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
- скулить verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Spanish
2 entries- dolor de barriga noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- renegar verb (To complain or whine, especially needlessly)
Swedish
1 entries- magont noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Volapük
2 entries- bälidadol noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
- stomägadol noun (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I couldn't sleep because of my bellyache.
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Mum, I've got a bellyache.
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I shouldn't have eaten all that blancmange in one go. Now I've got a bellyache.
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