Meaning
to sadden, to grieve
- to cause deep sadness, distress, or grief to someone
- (reflexive, addolorarsi) to grieve or become deeply sorrowful
In a sentence
La cattiva notizia ha addolorato tutta la famiglia.
The bad news saddened the entire family.
Mi addolora vedere quanta sofferenza ci sia nel mondo.
It pains me to see how much suffering there is in the world.
Perché ti addolori per cose che non puoi cambiare?
Why do you grieve over things that you cannot change?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| addolorare | infinitive |
| addoloro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| addolori | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| addolora | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| addoloriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| addolorate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| addolorano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| addoloravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| addoloravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| addolorava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| addoloravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| addoloravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| addoloravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| addolorai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| addolorasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| addolorò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| addolorammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| addoloraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| addolorarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| addolorerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| addolorerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| addolorerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| addoloreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| addolorerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| addoloreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| addolori | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| addolori | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| addolori | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| addoloriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| addoloriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| addolorino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| addolorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| addolorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| addolorasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| addolorassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| addoloraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| addolorassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| addolorerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| addoloreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| addolorerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| addoloreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| addolorereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| addoloreressero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| addolora | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| addoloriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| addolorate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| addolorando | gerund |
| addolorato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Transitive verb taking 'avere'; reflexive 'addolorarsi' takes 'essere'.
- The past participle 'addolorato' is very frequently used as an adjective (grieved, saddened).