Summary

painful {adjective}
doloroso · dolorosa

pain {noun}
dolor · quebranto

to pain {verb}
hacer sufrir

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Synonyms

painful: irritating · atrocious · abominable

pain: trouble · ail · anguish

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Usage examples

... that can be very painful!...
... making slow and painful headway....
... can be painful and slow to heal...

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English-Spanish translation for "painful"

"painful" Spanish translation

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painful {adjective}

painful {adj.} (also: hurtful, grievous, dolorous)

doloroso {adj. m}

If it were not for the common agricultural policy, that would have been very painful.

Si no hubiera sido por la política agrícola común, eso habría sido muy doloroso.

This is a painful process and involves significant economic restructuring.

Es un proceso doloroso y que supone una importante restructuración económica.

During this legislature, we have experienced the painful problem of BSE.

Durante la presente legislatura hemos vivido el doloroso problema de la EEB.

We never imagined back then that we would publish it at such a dramatic and painful time.

Entonces nunca pensamos que lo publicaríamos en un momento tan dramático y doloroso.

I can assure you that it was, as it happened, a difficult and painful exercise.

Puedo asegurarle que, en este caso, se trataba de un ejercicio bastante difícil y doloroso.

painful {adj.} (also: hurtful)

dolorosa {adj. f}

opposition often weighed upon them in all their uncertain and painful complexity.

contraste se impusieron con toda su ambigua y dolorosa complejidad; pero no por

to face all the painful human reality of their divisions, and they will find

oración, hallarán fuerza para afrontar toda la dolorosa y humana realidad de

I must tell you all that this was a painful decision that I found difficult to make.

Debo confesarles que se trató de una decisión dolorosa que me costó mucho hacer.

the painful experience of the two great world wars which in the course of the

cometido la dolorosa experiencia de las dos grandes guerras mundiales, que,

This was a painful decision for me, in both emotional and political terms.

Esta ha sido una decisión dolorosa para mí, en términos emocionales y políticos.

pain {noun}

pain {noun} (also: ache, soreness, grief, sorrow)

dolor {m}

Further studies are needed, especially for chronic pain in sickle cell disease.

La anemia de células falciformes puede causar episodios de dolor agudo intenso.

The studies, however, did not test for improvements in pain or quality of life.

Sin embargo, los estudios no evaluaron la mejoría en el dolor o la calidad de vida.

The review found that this practice may not reduce pain following the operation.

La revisión halló que esta práctica no puede aliviar el dolor después de la operación.

Acute otitis media (AOM) is common in children, causing pain and deafness.

La otitis media aguda (OMA) es frecuente en los niños y causa dolor y sordera.

suffers, the pain must be a summons to solidarity, to justice, to the building

ese dolor debe convocar a la solidaridad, a la justicia, a la construcción

pain {noun} (also: damage, loss, sorrow, violation)

quebranto {m}

to pain {verb}

to pain [pained|pained] {vb}

hacer sufrir {vb}

Synonyms

Synonyms (English) for "painful":

Synonyms (English) for "pain":

© Princeton Universitytrouble · ail · anguish · hurt · pain sensation · painful sensation · annoyance · bother · botheration · infliction · pain in the neck · pain in the ass · painfulness · nuisance · hurting

Usage examples

Usage examples for "painful" in Spanish

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And that can be very painful!

¡Y puede hacer mucho daño!

We are making slow and painful headway.

Avanzamos sólo con gran lentitud y esfuerzos.

These can be painful and slow to heal.

Éstas pueden ser dolorosas y de curación lenta.

This makes your joints swollen, stiff and painful.

¿Cuál es el resultado final?

In Europe, is it not a fact that painful conflicts which have

¿Acaso no es verdad que en Europa están

It is a painful, difficult task, but it needs to be done.

Era una labor ardua, compleja, pero había que llevarla a cabo.

That is a change of thinking, and thinking is of course painful.

Para mí, los animales son criaturas de Dios y son capaces de sufrir.

forms and is found linked to various painful phenomena: the lack of the

dolorosos fenómenos: la carencia del necesario sustento y de la

together their painful past and the hurt which that past regrettably

y las heridas que desgraciadamente éste sigue produciendo también hoy.

We will, in future, be forced to make other, even more painful decisions.

El futuro nos exigirá otras elecciones, aún más dolorosas.

This makes your joints swollen, stiff and painful.

Lo que hace que las articulaciones se hinchen, se pongan rígidas y dolorosas.

Another painful area is the financial perspectives for the multiannual budget.

Estas existen desde 1988, pero en forma de acuerdos interinstitucionales.

are called to witness to their faith by harsh trials and painful privations.The

sosteniendo duras pruebas y dolorosas privaciones, ellos son frecuentemente

painful circumstances of persecution, or in missionary territories or in special

dolorosas situaciones de persecución, pero también en territorios

poverty, death; tragic experiences of painful separation, endured in the absence

recuerdos de miedo, de violencia, de separaciones dolorosas, vividas con la

Of course, there are reforms that are needed, and they will be painful for some.

Por supuesto, hay reformas a emprender, que serán dolorosas para algunos.

But it is clear today that the state of affairs is extremely difficult and painful.

Pero es evidente hoy que el estado de las cosas es extremadamente difícil y penoso.

Ultimately, then, we shall have to make cuts, painful sacrifices.

Por tanto, finalmente nos veremos obligados a hacer recortes, dolorosos sacrificios.

This is the latest painful chapter in the history of this young democracy.

Con ello se escribe un nuevo y amargo capítulo en la historia de esa joven democracia.

We know from personal, painful experience that problems only escalate as a result.

Sabemos por propia experiencia que tal enfoque no hace más que agudizar los problemas.

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