Dolores

Alternative forms

• Delores

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 Cabañas department, El Salvador

Anagrams

• Loredos, Rodelos, old rose

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dolores f

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒloːres/

Proper noun

Dòlōres f (Cyrillic spelling До̀ло̄рес)

1. a female given name

Further reading

• “Dolores”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

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 Cabañas department, El Salvador

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /doˈloɾes/ [d̪oˈloː.ɾɛs]
• Rhymes: -oɾes
• Syllabification: Do‧lo‧res

Proper noun

Dolores (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

1. several locations in the Philippines:
   1. Dolores (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)
   2. Dolores (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)
2. a female given name from Spanish