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doloroso.

painful (causing pain)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/do.loˈɾo.zu/Brazil/du.luˈɾo.zu/Portugal

  1. painful (causing pain)

    Ferida dolorosa.

  2. hurtful (hurting someone’s feelings)

    Insulto doloroso.

  3. dolorous (solemnly or ponderously sad)

    Suspiro doloroso.
Where this word comes from

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

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