Meaning
to hurt, to ache (of a body part)
- to cause pain (of a wound, injection, etc.)
- to regret, to lament
In a sentence
Mi duole ancora il ginocchio dopo la corsa.
My knee still hurts after the run.
Ti duole il braccio dove hai fatto il vaccino?
Does your arm hurt where you got the vaccine?
Mi è doluto lasciarti andare via così.
I regretted letting you go like that.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| dolere | infinitive |
| doliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| dolgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| dolete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| duoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dolgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| duole | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dolevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dolevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| dolevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dolevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dolevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| doleva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dolemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| dolsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| doleste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| dolesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| dolsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| dolse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dorremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| dorrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| dorrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| dorrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dorranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| dorrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| doliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| dolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| doliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dolgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| dolessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| dolessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| doleste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| dolessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| dolessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| dolesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dorremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| dorrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| dorreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dorresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| dorrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dorrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| doliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| dolete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| duoli | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| dolendo | gerund |
| doluto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For body pain, Italians usually say mi fa male or mi fanno male, not dolere, in everyday speech.
- Dolere is more formal/literary; common in writing, medicine, and fixed phrases like mi duole dirlo.
- Use essere in compound tenses: mi è doluto, ci sono dolute le gambe.
- present: dolgo, duoli, duole, doliamo, dolete, dolgono