/doloˈɾoso/
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Translation
painful
Word origin
From dolor ('pain'), from Latin dolor, from dolere ('to hurt, to grieve'). The same root gives English 'dolorous' and 'condolence'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dolor
- English cognates
- dolorous, condolence
Grammar
Femininedolorosa
Masc pluraldolorosos
Fem pluraldolorosas
Examples
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The goodbye was very painful for the whole family.
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He suffered a painful injury to his knee.
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Remembering that day is still painful for me.
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Was the treatment very painful?
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Making that decision was a painful but necessary step.
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