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O ferrão não dói muito.

O ferrão não dói muito.
The stinger does not hurt much.
From Lesson 365:Subject pronouns with exceptions (exceto / salvo / tirando)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O ferrão não dói muito.

Why isn't there an indirect object pronoun here, like in não me dói?
While doer is often used with an indirect object pronoun to show who is experiencing the pain (like dói-me a cabeça for "my head hurts"), this sentence makes a general statement about the stinger itself. Since we aren't specifying who is currently feeling the sting, we leave the pronoun out.
What is the plural of ferrão?
The plural is ferrões. Like many Portuguese nouns ending in -ão (such as coração and limão), the ending changes to -ões when pluralized.
Is the verb doer only ever conjugated in the third person?
Dói comes from doer (to ache or to hurt). Because pain is usually caused by a specific body part or object acting as the subject, you will almost exclusively see this verb in the third-person singular (dói) or plural (doem). While first and second-person forms technically exist, they are extremely rare in everyday speech.
Why doesn't muito change to match a gender or number here?
In this sentence, muito is acting as an adverb modifying the verb dói (telling us how much it hurts). Adverbs are invariable, meaning they never change form. Muito only changes to muita, muitos, or muitas when it acts as an adjective describing a noun, such as in muita dor (a lot of pain).

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