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sofferto

hard-won

adjective sof-FER-toh Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Also means

deeply felt

Usage Note

Sofferto is the past participle of soffrire used as an adjective, meaning achieved or produced through suffering or great effort. A vittoria sofferta is a hard-fought victory; a film sofferto has an emotionally heavy, intense quality. It agrees in gender and number: sofferta, sofferti, sofferte. It carries a sense of emotional weight absent from a neutral past participle.

Examples

"È stata una vittoria sofferta ma meritata."

Natural Translation

It was a hard-won but deserved victory.

Literal Translation

It-has-been a victory hard-won but deserved.

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