Lesson 28 · 11:05
Bored or boring?
One adjective, two verbs, two meanings: estar aburrido (bored) vs ser aburrido (boring), plus listo and cansado with ser.
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What you learn
- estar aburrido = bored; ser aburrido = boring
- ser listo / lista = clever; ser cansado = tiring
- With things it's nearly always ser: La situación es aburrida
- Gift word: aburrido
- Tangent: English uses -ed / -ing; Spanish puts the difference in the verb
Sentences you can say
- Estoy aburrida. (I'm bored.)
- No es aburrido, es complicado.
- Es muy lista. (She's very clever.)
Watch out for
"Soy aburrida" when you mean bored → that says you're boring. How you feel right now: Estoy aburrida.