pereza

f.

1 idleness.

me da pereza ir a pie I can't be bothered walking

no lo hice por pereza I couldn't be bothered doing it

sacudirse la pereza to wake oneself up

sentir pereza to feel lazy

2 laziness, sluggishness, idleness, sloth.

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pereza

► nombre femenino

1 laziness

■ ¡qué pereza lavar los platos! I don't feel like doing the washing up

■ me da pereza I can't be bothered

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener pereza to feel lazy

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noun f.

laziness

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SF laziness

me da pereza ducharme — I can't be bothered to have a shower

tener pereza — to feel lazy

¡qué pereza! — * what a drag! *

¡qué pereza, tener que limpiar la casa! — what a drag, having to clean the house! *

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femenino laziness

me da pereza ir — I can't be bothered to go

tengo una pereza horrible — I feel terribly lazy

qué pereza tener que ir! — what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)

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= foot-dragging, laziness, lethargy, sloth, sluggishness.

Ex. As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.

Ex. Good literature insists on the importance of the inner, the distinctive and individual, life of man, while much else in our activities and in our make-up -- fear, ambition, fatigue, laziness -- tries to make that life generalized and typecast.

Ex. Most patrons check in the first file they see and go no further because of ignorance or lethargy.

Ex. Students often misconceive what education requires, as prior schooling, plus sloth, predispose them to passivity.

Ex. The notion that the post-tenure years are a time of relative languor and sluggishness is not borne out in the data.

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* con pereza = lazily.

* dar pereza = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* por pereza = lazily.

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femenino laziness

me da pereza ir — I can't be bothered to go

tengo una pereza horrible — I feel terribly lazy

qué pereza tener que ir! — what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)

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= foot-dragging, laziness, lethargy, sloth, sluggishness.

Ex: As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.

Ex: Good literature insists on the importance of the inner, the distinctive and individual, life of man, while much else in our activities and in our make-up -- fear, ambition, fatigue, laziness -- tries to make that life generalized and typecast.

Ex: Most patrons check in the first file they see and go no further because of ignorance or lethargy.

Ex: Students often misconceive what education requires, as prior schooling, plus sloth, predispose them to passivity.

Ex: The notion that the post-tenure years are a time of relative languor and sluggishness is not borne out in the data.

* con pereza = lazily.

* dar pereza = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* por pereza = lazily.

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pereza

feminine

laziness

me da pereza I can't be bothered

tengo una pereza horrible I feel terribly lazy

¡qué pereza! ¡tener que ir a trabajar! what a bind o drag having to go to work! (colloq)

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pereza sustantivo femenino
laziness;

◊ me da pereza ir I can't be bothered to go;

tengo una pereza horrible I feel terribly lazy;
¡qué pereza tener que ir! what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)
pereza sustantivo femenino laziness, idleness: me da pereza hacer el trabajo ahora, I can't be bothered to do the work now

'pereza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
flojera
- madre
- fiaca
English:
cost
- laziness
- sloth
- sluggishness
- bothered

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pereza nf

idleness;

me da pereza ir a pie I can't be bothered walking;

no lo hice por pereza I couldn't be bothered to do it;

sacudirse la pereza to wake oneself up;

sentir pereza to feel lazy

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pereza

f laziness;

me da pereza I can’t be bothered

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pereza nf

flojera, holgazanería: laziness, idleness

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pereza n laziness

me da pereza I can't be bothered

me da pereza salir I can't be bothered to go out

tener pereza to feel lazy