Meaning
solitude, loneliness
In a sentence
A volte la solitudine mi pesa la sera.
Sometimes loneliness weighs on me in the evening.
Hai mai cercato un po' di solitudine qui?
Have you ever looked for a bit of solitude here?
In montagna abbiamo trovato una solitudine totale.
In the mountains we found total solitude.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| solitudine | feminine · singular |
| solitudini | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use solitudine for both positive aloneness and painful loneliness; context decides. For explicit emotional suffering, isolamento or sentirsi soli may sound clearer.
- Often used with in: in solitudine = alone/in solitude. Da solo refers more to doing something without company or help.
- Common in reflective, literary, and psychological contexts. In casual speech, being lonely is often expressed with mi sento solo/sola instead.