Meaning
to afflict, distress
- to trouble
- to grieve
- to pang
In a sentence
Non lasciare che il lavoro ti affligga troppo.
Don't let work trouble you too much.
Ti affligge ancora la fine di quella storia?
Does the end of that relationship still grieve you?
Mi ha afflitto un forte dolore alla schiena.
A strong back pain afflicted me.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affliggere | infinitive |
| affliggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affliggo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affliggete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affligge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affliggevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affliggevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affliggeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| afflissi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affliggeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| afflissero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| afflisse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affliggerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affliggerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affliggerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affligga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affliggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affligga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affligga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affliggessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affliggeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affliggesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affliggerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affliggereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affliggerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affliggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affliggete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affliggi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affliggendo | gerund |
| afflitto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and literary than dare fastidio or preoccupare; common in news, essays, and serious speech.
- Usually takes a direct object: affliggere qualcuno. Reflexive affliggersi means to worry or grieve oneself.
- Often used with abstract subjects: un dubbio, una malattia, una crisi affligge qualcuno or qualcosa.
- past participle afflitto