/kanˈsaðo/
Translation
tired
Word origin
From Spanish 'cansar' (to tire), from Latin 'campsare' (to bend round, to turn), itself borrowed from Greek 'kampsai' (to bend).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- campsare
Grammar
Examples
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I am very tired after the trip.
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She looks tired this morning.
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The children arrived tired from school.
excusas .
I am tired of hearing the same excuses every week.
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I feel tired just thinking about cleaning the house.
Used in
Stories
(10)Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
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Cuanto más espero, peor
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Es importante que descanses
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Lleva toda la mañana
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Lo que dijo el médico
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María lleva una hora esperando
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Más vale tarde que nunca
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No creo que sea grave
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Preparando la visita
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¡Vaya sorpresa!
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Grammar articles
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Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Spanish Connectors of Cause and Consequence: porque, ya que, por lo tanto, así que
The Future and Conditional of Probability in Spanish (¿Qué hora será?, Serían las tres)
Spanish Slang and Chat: decoding tio, guay, o sea, xq (the informal register)
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Reported Questions and Commands in Spanish (me preguntó si, me dijo que viniera)
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Ser vs Estar: The Two Spanish 'To Be' Verbs and When to Use Each
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