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1 pereza
f.1 idleness.me da pereza ir a pie I can't be bothered walkingno lo hice por pereza I couldn't be bothered doing itsacudirse la pereza to wake oneself upsentir pereza to feel lazy2 laziness, sluggishness, idleness, sloth.* * *1 laziness■ ¡qué pereza lavar los platos! I don't feel like doing the washing up\tener pereza to feel lazy* * *noun f.* * *SF laziness¡qué pereza! — * what a drag! *
¡qué pereza, tener que limpiar la casa! — what a drag, having to clean the house! *
* * *femenino lazinessqué pereza tener que ir! — what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)
* * *= 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.* * *femenino lazinessqué pereza tener que ir! — what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)
* * *= 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.* * *lazinessme da pereza I can't be botheredtengo 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)* * *
pereza sustantivo femenino
laziness;
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
* * *pereza nfidleness;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* * *f laziness;me da pereza I can’t be bothered* * *pereza nfflojera, holgazanería: laziness, idleness* * *pereza n laziness -
2 pereza
pe'reθaf1) ( flojera) Faulheit f, Trägheit f2) ( comodidad) Bequemlichkeit fsustantivo femeninome da pereza ir ahora a comprar ich habe keine Lust, jetzt einkaufen zu gehenperezapereza [pe'reθa]num2num (de movimientos) Trägheit femenino; me dio pereza ir y me quedé en casa ich hatte keine Lust zu gehen und blieb zu Hause
См. также в других словарях:
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despabilar — Que no espabilar, forma que, aunque aparece recogida en el diccionario de la Academia y se usa más frecuentemente que la culta, remite a ésta donde se define. Y allí vemos que, además de otros valores apenas ya usados pero de gran utilidad,… … Diccionario del origen de las palabras
sacudir — verbo transitivo 1. Mover (una persona, un animal o una cosa) [a una persona, un animal o una cosa] de un lado a otro bruscamente: El viento sacudía las persianas. 2. Uso/registro: coloquial. Pegar … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
espabilar — 1. tr. Quitar la pavesa o la parte ya quemada del pabilo o mecha a velas y candiles. 2. Avivar y ejercitar el entendimiento o el ingenio de alguien, hacerle perder la timidez o la torpeza. U. t. c. intr. y c. prnl.) 3. coloq. p. us. matar (ǁ… … Diccionario de la lengua española
