aburrido

adj.

1 boring, dull, humdrum, uninteresting.

2 bored, tired.

f. & m.

bore, boring person, tiresome person.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: aburrir.

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aburrido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=aburrir}}aburrir

► adjetivo

1 (ser aburrido) boring, tedious; (monótono) dull, dreary

2 (estar aburrido) bored, weary; (cansado) tired of; (harto) fed up with

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(f. - aburrida)

adj.

1) boring, tedious

2) bored, fed up

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ADJ (=que aburre) boring, tedious; (=que siente aburrimiento) bored

un libro aburrido — a boring book

una espera aburrida — a tedious wait

¡estoy aburrido de decírtelo! — I'm tired of telling you!

ABURRIDO ¿"Bored" o "boring"? ► Usamos bored para referirnos al hecho de {estar} aburrido, es decir, de sentir aburrimiento: Si estás aburrida podrías ayudarme con este trabajo If you're bored you could help me with this work ► Usamos boring con personas, actividades y cosas para indicar que alguien o algo {es} aburrido, es decir, que produce aburrimiento: ¡Qué novela más aburrida! What a boring novel! No me gusta salir con él; es muy aburrido I don't like going out with him; he's very boring

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I

-da adjetivo

1) <persona>

a) [estar] (sin entretenimiento) bored

estoy muy aburrido — I'm bored stiff

b) [estar] (harto) fed up

aburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something

aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing

2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; <trabajo> boring, tedious

II

-da masculino, femenino bore

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= tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].

Nota: Escrito con guiones cuando se usa como adjetivo.

Ex. In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex. One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.

Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.

Ex. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Ex. The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.

Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.

Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

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* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

* día aburrido = dull day.

* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

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I

-da adjetivo

1) <persona>

a) [estar] (sin entretenimiento) bored

estoy muy aburrido — I'm bored stiff

b) [estar] (harto) fed up

aburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something

aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing

2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; <trabajo> boring, tedious

II

-da masculino, femenino bore

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= tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].

Nota: Escrito con guiones cuando se usa como adjetivo.

Ex: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.

Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.

Ex: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.

Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.

Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

* día aburrido = dull day.

* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

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aburrido¹ -da

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 [ ESTAR] (sin entretenimiento) bored

estoy muy aburrido I'm bored stiff

2 [ ESTAR] (harto) fed up

me tienes aburrido con tus quejas I'm fed up with your complaints

aburrido DE algo tired OF sth, fed up WITH sth

estoy aburrido de sus bromas I'm tired of o fed up with her jokes

aburrido DE + INF tired of -ING

estoy aburrido de pedírselo I'm tired of asking him for it

B [ SER] ‹película/persona› boring

es un trabajo muy aburrido it's a really boring o tedious job

la conferencia fue aburridísima the lecture was really boring

aburrido² -da

masculine, feminine

bore

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Del verbo aburrir: (conjugate aburrir)

aburrido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
aburrido    
aburrir
aburrido

◊ -da adjetivo

1 [estar] ‹persona›

a) (sin entretenimiento) bored;

◊ estoy muy aburrido I'm bored stiff

b) (harto) fed up;

aburrido de algo tired of sth, fed up with sth;
aburrido de hacer algo tired of doing sth
2 [ser] ‹película/persona› boring;
‹trabajo› boring, tedious
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
bore
aburrir (conjugate aburrir) verbo transitivo
to bore
aburrirse verbo pronominal

a) (por falta de entretenimiento) to get bored

b) (hartarse) aburridose de algo/algn to get tired of o fed up with sth/sb;

aburridose de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
aburrido,-a adjetivo
1 (cargante, tedioso) tu hermano es aburrido, your brother's boring
2 (que no se divierte) tu hermano está aburrido, your brother's bored
(cansado, hastiado) estoy aburrido de tus quejas, I'm tired of your complaints
aburrir verbo transitivo to bore
♦ Locuciones: aburrir a las ovejas, to be incredibly boring
'aburrido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrida
- acto
- amargada
- amargado
- harta
- harto
- insípida
- insípido
- ladrillo
- pesada
- pesado
- petardo
- plomo
- sopa
- tostón
- aburridor
- aguado
- bastante
- cansado
- de
- enojoso
- latoso
- mamado
- podrido
English:
bored
- boring
- dreary
- dull
- grind
- plough through
- quiet
- shade
- stiff
- tedious
- tediously
- uninspiring
- especially
- staid
- wade

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aburrido, -a

♦ adj

1. [harto, fastidiado] bored;

estar aburrido de hacer algo to be fed up with doing sth;

estoy aburrido de esperar I'm fed up with o tired of waiting;

me tiene muy aburrido con sus constantes protestas I'm fed up with her constant complaining;

Comp

Fam

estar aburrido como una ostra to be bored stiff

2. [que aburre] boring;

este libro es muy aburrido this book is very boring;

la fiesta está muy aburrida it's a very boring party

♦ nm,f

bore;

¡eres un aburrido! you're so boring!

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aburrido

adj que aburre boring; que se aburre bored;

aburrido de algo bored o fed up fam with sth

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aburrido, -da adj

1) : bored, tired, fed up

2) tedioso: boring, tedious

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aburrido¹ adj

1. (sin entretenimiento) bored

no tengo nada que hacer y estoy aburrido I haven't got anything to do and I'm bored

2. (tedioso, pesado) boring

¡qué programa más aburrido! what a boring programme!

aburrido² n (persona) bore