🇪🇸 Spanish

dolores

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

los dolores

pains

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dolores
/los doˈloɾes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dolores in Spanish?

IPA
/los doˈloɾes/

How do you pronounce dolores in Spanish?

dolores is pronounced /los doˈloɾes/ 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?

Dolores 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 pains?

The Spanish word for pains is los dolores — masculine.

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