🇪🇸 Spanish

dolor

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el dolor

pain

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dolor
/el doˈloɾ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dolor in Spanish?

IPA
/el doˈloɾ/

How do you pronounce dolor in Spanish?

dolor is pronounced /el doˈloɾ/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El dolor intenso en mi espalda me impide trabajar.

The intense pain in my back prevents me from working.

El dolor crónico es un problema médico grave que afecta a millones de personas.

Chronic pain is a serious medical problem that affects millions of people.

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Why is it masculine?

Dolor is masculine because it derives from Latin "dolor" (nominative singular), which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Spanish retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. Gender in Romance languages is generally inherited directly from Latin, where this word was grammatically masculine.

What is the Spanish word for pain?

The Spanish word for pain is el dolor — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdouleur flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiandoloreilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedor flips!afeminine

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