doloroso
Portuguese, adjective/do.loˈɾo.zu/
doloroso is spelled D-O-L-O-R-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doloroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “painful (causing pain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que exprime dor”.
What does doloroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
painful (causing pain)
Ferida dolorosa.
- 2
hurtful (hurting someone’s feelings)
Insulto doloroso.
- 3
dolorous (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Suspiro doloroso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que exprime dor 2. amargurado 3. lastimoso
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of doloroso
- dolorosa feminine
- dolorosos masculine plural
- dolorosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doloroso?
- Brazil /do.loˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /du.luˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /du.lu.ˈɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doloroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doloroso in Portuguese?
doloroso appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).