ordeal

a very difficult or unpleasant experience that lasts for a long time and causes great suffering, worry, etc.

sufrimiento, tormento, prueba difícil

• go through an ordeal

Collocations a painful ordeal · endure a difficult ordeal

• The patient went through a long and painful ordeal.

  El paciente pasó por un largo y doloroso sufrimiento.

a formal examination of someone's actions, especially in a court of law or by an official body.

juicio, proceso legal

• face an ordeal

Collocations a public ordeal · undergo a judicial ordeal

• He faced the ordeal of a public trial.

  Él enfrentó el juicio público.