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aflicción

affliction; grief

noun ah-fleek-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin afflictio, from affligere 'to strike down'.

Also means

distress

Usage Note

Aflicción denotes deep sorrow or mental anguish, often from loss or hardship. It is a formal or literary word; in everyday speech pena, dolor, or sufrimiento are more common. The verb is afligir and the adjective is afligido (estar afligido = to be grief-stricken).

Examples

"La aflicción de la madre era visible en su rostro."

Natural Translation

The mother's grief was visible on her face.

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