using adjective in Spanish

Question

Hello everyone

I am wondering about adjective in Spanish. Does it like in English when I want to say

I am bored by someone or I am boring someone

Gracias

Hi, Dang!! - Daniela2041, Aug 10, 2016

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I'm tackling the point but the implications are the same. The problem is that it boils down to learning the ending of the words, because in English it's just the adjectives with -ed and -ing endings.

For instance confundido & confuso. The former used with a person and the latter with a thing. But relajado & relajante. Note the ending in the latter.

However for the bored & boring, it's an exception:

Estoy aburrido. (= aiming at the person.)
Esto es aburrido. (= aiming at the thing.)

gracias !!! :-) - danghuynh, Aug 10, 2016

Answer 2

These kinds of passive constructions can be translated literally into Spanish, but we prefer to not do so.

I am bored by someone---we change to "Someone bores me."

"Alguien me aburre" (someone bores me)

Aburro a alguien, means "I bore (or am boring) someone"

In both cases we are using the verb aburrir. So no adjectives involved here.

gracias !!! :-) - danghuynh, Aug 10, 2016