I am being .....

Question

I was chatting with someone the other day and wanted to say 'I am being lazy' in Spanish.

Not that I wanted to say that I'm inherently lazy but just in that moment (I was being slack in my typing and not using the subjunctive when I knew I should).

Now I know that 'estar' is the verb to use here but I didn't think that 'estoy perezosa' was quite what I wanted to say.

This got me to thinking about how to say 'I am being ....' in general.

Is this used in Spanish the same way in English and for my original example would it be proper Spanish to say:

Estoy haciendo el vago.

or does that just sound wrong?

Answer 1

Estoy siendo vaga.

Thanx Heidi, so just to get this straight in my head I'll ask the same thing I was asking jeezle - you know how we say in English oh I'm just being lazy, which means something different than - 'ah I'm feeling lazy' - can 'siento' describe what you're - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

doing (in that moment) rathen than how you're feeling? I'm not sure that I'm explaining this well but hopefully you get what I mean :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

This one works too. Estoy siendo floja, estoy seindo vaga - I'm just being lazy. - Gekkosan, Aug 8, 2010

gr8, thanx - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

Answer 2

Estoy siendo floja/perezosa.

hmm thanx Jeezle but to me that denotes a longer period of time than typing one sentence? I'm being difficult I know ;p - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

Not to me. It indicates that moment. Ahora estoy siendo floja. Estar/ser momentary change you know... - jeezzle, Aug 8, 2010

so, you know how we say in English oh I'm just being lazy, which means something different than - 'ah I'm feeling lazy' - can 'siento' describe what you're doing at that moment rather than how your feeling? - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

I agree with Jeezle. That works. - Gekkosan, Aug 8, 2010

gracias :) a los dos! - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

Answer 3

Try looking up *me siento huevona. No quite what you're trying to say, but I thought you might like a new word. Something more like what you might want to call your boyfriend or husband.

although one might have to be careful where they use it :) http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=288929 - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

Well the definition I was thinking of is: you lazy b*st*rd (noun) so, yes, I wouldn't use it with a priest. - 0074b507, Aug 8, 2010

je je ok thanx, I'll keep that in mind :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

I suppose that (as per my thread -wink, wink) words have different meanings in different places... But where I've been, I'd never *ever* either say that word, nor suggest it, to a lady. - Gekkosan, Aug 8, 2010

Answer 4

I have heard estar de with this, but people argue how good it sounds. You could say "estoy de perezosa ahorita...." or "es que me siento/estoy perezosa ahorita". Unfortuntaley it's one of those things that doesn't quite come across the same when you translate. Which happens a lot with english cuz we just make stuff up as we go... haha!

Hey Ash, thanx for your comment, very true :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010

Answer 5

Marie Claire, while I wasn't able to find the exact phrase you asked for, what I was able to find for you is:

I am in a lazy mood

= ando sin ganas de hacer nada

Source: Oxford Spanish Dictionary (3rd edition)

I hope that this helps You It helped me, too lol

ps your other phrase estoy ahciendo el vago does sound strange but it could be correct I have not heard that phrase before

Thanx Feliz that's a good one, it's pretty close but I'm not sure it's exactly what I wanted to say - more like it was just a passing moment, while I was typing that particular sentence. But yours is a good one to know too, gracias :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 8, 2010