What is the Spanish word for "sadden"?

Learn how to say "sadden" in Spanish with examples and practice

English

sadden

Spanish

entristecer

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Examples of how to use "sadden" in Spanish

English
The bad news will sadden everyone.
Spanish
Las malas noticias entristecerán a todos.
English
This news saddens me a lot.
Spanish
Estas noticias me entristecen mucho.
English
The silence saddened her yesterday.
Spanish
El silencio la entristeció ayer.
English
The story is saddening the children now.
Spanish
La historia está entristeciendo a los niños ahora.
English
I have sadly been saddened by loss.
Spanish
Lamentablemente, he sido entristecido por la pérdida.

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