Significado
painful; sore
- sore, painful
- sorrowful, doleful
En una frase
Ho ancora il ginocchio dolente dopo la corsa.
My knee is still sore after the run.
Perché hai quello sguardo così dolente oggi?
Why do you have such a sorrowful look today?
Non toccare il braccio dolente, per favore.
Don't touch the sore arm, please.
Formas de la palabra (4)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| dolente | masculine · singular |
| dolente | feminine · singular |
| dolenti | masculine · plural |
| dolenti | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- Mostly literary or formal. In everyday speech, Italians usually prefer dolorante for physical pain and addolorato or triste for emotional sorrow.
- Common in fixed expressions like tasto dolente. Used predicatively or after the noun in elevated style; before the noun sounds especially literary.
- Agree it normally: dolente, dolente, dolenti, dolenti. Do not confuse it with dolce or doloso, which mean different things.