struggimento
yearning; pining; consuming desire
Advanced Noun Masculine
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Pronunciation
/strudʒiˈmento/
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Cultural Note
'Struggimento' has no perfect English equivalent. It describes a consuming, almost pleasurable pain of intense longing. It is a key emotion in Italian opera, where characters are often 'strutti' (consumed) by love. Puccini's arias perfectly capture this exquisite emotional agony.
📝 Example Sentences
Lo struggimento per il suo amore lontano la consumava.
The yearning for her distant love consumed her.
Viveva in uno stato di struggimento continuo.
He lived in a state of continuous pining.
Lo struggimento d'amore è un tema ricorrente nell'opera.
The yearning of love is a recurring theme in opera.