doloroso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian doloroso.

Adverb

doloroso (not comparable)

1. (music) plaintively; pathetically

Galician

Etymology

From dolor (“pain”) +‎ -oso. Displaced the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese dooroso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doloˈɾosʊ]

Adjective

doloroso (feminine dolorosa, masculine plural dolorosos, feminine plural dolorosas)

1. painful

   Synonym: penoso

References

• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “doloroso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin dolōrōsus (“painful; sorrowful”), from Latin dolor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.loˈro.zo/, (traditional) /do.loˈro.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: do‧lo‧ró‧so

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Adjective

doloroso (feminine dolorosa, masculine plural dolorosi, feminine plural dolorose, superlative dolorosissimo)

1. painful
2. distressing

Derived terms

• dolorosamente

Related terms

• dolore

Further reading

• “doloroso”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Adjective

dolōrōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dolōrōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dolōrōsus (“painful”), from Latin dolor (“pain; grief”) + -ōsus (“-ous”). Displaced the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese dooroso.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.loˈɾo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /du.luˈɾo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: do‧lo‧ro‧so

Adjective

doloroso (feminine dolorosa, masculine plural dolorosos, feminine plural dolorosas, metaphonic)

1. painful (causing pain)

   Synonym: dolorido

   Antonym: indolor

   Ferida dolorosa.

   Painful wound.

2. hurtful (hurting someone’s feelings)

   Synonym: dolorido

   Insulto doloroso.

   Hurtful insult.

3. dolorous (solemnly or ponderously sad)

   Synonym: dorido

   Suspiro doloroso.

   Dolorous sigh.

Related terms

• doer
• dolorosamente
• dolorosidade
• dor

Further reading

• “doloroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “doloroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin dolōrōsus (“painful; sorrowful”), from Latin dolor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doloˈɾoso/ [d̪o.loˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: do‧lo‧ro‧so

Adjective

doloroso (feminine dolorosa, masculine plural dolorosos, feminine plural dolorosas, superlative dolorosísimo)

1. painful

   Synonyms: penoso, dolorido

Related terms

• dolor

Further reading

• “doloroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025