"painful" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

painful adjetivo

painful + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 210

painful death • painful memory • painful experience • painful process • painful condition • painful thing • painful decision • painful way • ...

verbo + painful

Kolokacji: 7

prove painful • become painful • look painful • grow painful • sound painful • ...

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) prove, look, sound, feel, find

Kolokacji: 5

1. prove painful = okaż się bolesny prove painful

I suspect a knife in the gut might have proven less painful to him.
But in a long market downturn, that narrow focus could prove painful, analysts say.
The information I get may prove more painful than comforting.
In the short run, each of these policies would prove painful, driving up inflation and unemployment.
"And if the hobbling proves too painful, they will just stand still."
The process proved far less painful than she had expected.
Its reforms have not failed, but they are proving terribly painful.
"But now, with the family gone, isn't it just possible the memories may prove painful?"
But, as always, the actual act of throwing things out proved too painful.
"It may well prove painful to look upon my sadendrak-yet I must."

2. look painful = wyglądaj bolesny look painful

3. sound painful = dźwięk bolesny sound painful

4. feel painful = poczuj się bolesny feel painful

5. find painful = uważaj za bolesny find painful

(2) become, grow

Kolokacji: 2

adverbio + painful

Kolokacji: 27

most painful • extremely painful • particularly painful • especially painful • excruciatingly painful • ...

painful + preposición

Kolokacji: 5

painful for • painful to • painful in • painful at • painful of

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