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What does "la pereza me pudo" mean?

What does "la pereza me pudo" mean?

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What does "la pereza me pudo" mean?

Thank you for your help!

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updated Sep 8, 2009
posted by krt496

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poder/not poner? Well, that changes things.

In that case I think the sentence is saying that laziness overpowered me.

Look at this link using poder for "overpower"

overpower

it took ten guards to overpower him

se necesitaron diez guardas para dominarlo or para poder con él

updated Sep 8, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
Y por qué pensaste en poner? tu respuesta es la mejor - 00494d19, Sep 8, 2009
I wasn't paying attention beyond the fact that more context was needed. - 0074b507, Sep 8, 2009
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For any kind o meaningful translation to be attached to it you need to provide, at least, the entire sentence. If you're only looking for a word for word translation try the translator.

poner/ponerse can take on all kinds of meanings.

updated Sep 7, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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Entonces, es una manera mas suave para decir "I got lazy/I was lazy"?

Bueno, ahora lo entiendo. Muchisimas gracias

updated Sep 7, 2009
posted by krt496
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The laziness came to me.

¿Que es la pereza? Según Wikipedia es la reticencia o el olvido en realizar acciones, movimientos o trabajos. El diccionario dice que es indolencia, inactividad que resulta al no gustar del trabajo. En palabras más simples es no hacer actividades que corresponde hacer y actuar de forma irresponsable.

updated Sep 7, 2009
posted by Smutje
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"Tenia que haberme esforzado durante el curso, la pereza me pudo." is the whole sentence (I get the first part though, that he should have worked harder during the last school year). The context is talking with a friend about university, he'd done poorly last year, hopes to do better this year. It seems like a saying, and it's peninsular Spanish, maybe Andalucian. Might be more common as "la pereza me puede"?

It's poder though, not poner smile

thanks!

updated Sep 7, 2009
posted by krt496