"Felizmente, ele esquece da dor."

Translation: Fortunately, he forgets the pain.

[relenamor]

Wasn't this just translated as "happily" in another sentence? Why would this now not accept "happily, he forgets the pain?" Is it actually wrong?

[Paulenrique]

Not wrong, although weird here.

[saschambaer]

Does that English sentence make sense though? Could you give me a context where you'd say that?

[Lingledingle]

His girlfriend left him, but he found a nicer one.

[aburton83]

If you can forget about something that's hurting you, be it physical or mentally - then that thing wont affect you as much.

[442doBeograda]

is "de" necessary here?

[dogrow]

it isn't, you can say "Felizmente, ele esquece a dor"

[442doBeograda]

Thank you very much!