Dolores

See also: dolores and Dolorès

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Dolores.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dəˈlɔː.ɹɪz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dəˈlɔɹ.ɪz/

Proper noun

Dolores

  1. A female given name from Spanish.
  2. A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores. Doublet of dores.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈlo.ɾis/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /doˈlo.ɾiʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈlo.ɾes/

Proper noun

Dolores f

  1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Dolores or Delores

Spanish

Etymology

From dolores (sorrows), shortened from María (de los) Dolores, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈloɾes/ [d̪oˈlo.ɾes]
  • Rhymes: -oɾes
  • Syllabification: Do‧lo‧res

Proper noun

Dolores f

  1. a female given name from Old Spanish [in turn from Latin]
  2. the letter D in the Spanish spelling alphabet
  3. A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores, from dolores (sorrow), shortened from [Maria] de los Dolores, epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈloɾes/, [doˈlo.ɾɛs]
  • Hyphenation: Do‧lo‧res

Proper noun

Dolores (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. Dolores (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)
  2. a female given name from Spanish
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