How to Say "it hurt" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “it hurt” is “dolió” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
Me dolió mucho la espalda ayer.
My back hurt a lot yesterday.
Le dolió perder el partido.
It hurt him to lose the game.
¿Te dolió la inyección?
Did the injection hurt (you)?
The 'Gustar' Logic
In Spanish, parts of the body don't 'hurt you.' Instead, they are the things doing the hurting. This is why we use 'dolió' (the it-form) for a single body part like 'the head' or 'the arm'.
Who feels the pain?
Since 'dolió' tells us the thing hurt, we use words like 'me' (to me), 'te' (to you), or 'le' (to him/her) to show who actually felt the pain.
Don't say 'Yo dolió'
Mistake: “Yo dolió la cabeza.”
Correction: Me dolió la cabeza. (In Spanish, the head is the subject that 'is hurting to me'.)
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