Ser vs. Estar
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (of great weight)
a. heavy Estas bolsas de la compra son pesadas. These grocery bags are heavy.
2. (indigestible)
a. heavy No es bueno dormirse directamente después de una cena pesada. Going to sleep straight after a heavy meal isn't good for you.
3. (intense)
a. deep Me desperté de un sueño pesado con dolor de cabeza. I woke up from a deep sleep with a headache.
4.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (irritating) a. annoying ¡Qué pesado es tu padre! Your dad's so annoying!
b. tiresome ¡Deja de ser tan pesada, por favor! Please stop being so tiresome!
c. pain
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (noun) ¡Pero qué pesado eres! You're such a pain!
5. (dull)
a. boring La primera clase de economía fue larga y pesada. The first economics lecture was long and boring.
b. tedious Los vuelos de larga distancia se me hacen muy pesados. I find long-haul flights really tedious.
6. (meteorology)
a. heavy El pronóstico da nevadas pesadas para este martes. Heavy snowfall is forecast for this Tuesday.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of person it refers to (e.g. el doctor, la doctora).
masculine or feminine noun 7.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (annoying person) a. pain
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) Mi hermana pequeña es una pesada. My little sister is a pain.
Copyright © Curiosity Media Inc. pesado
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 7. (molesto)
a. annoying, tiresome ¡qué pesada eres! you're so annoying!
ponerse pesado to be a pain
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
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pesado a pesada
adjective
1 [+paquete, comida] heavy industria pesada heavy industry
2 (lento) [+persona] slow; sluggish; [+mecanismo] stiff 3 (Meteorología) heavy; sultry 5 (Med) heavy tengo la cabeza pesada my head feels heavy; tener el estómago pesado to feel bloated; feel full up
6 [+tarea] (difícil) tough; hard; (aburrido) tedious; boring; (molesto) annoying; [+lectura] heavy; stodgy esto se hace pesado this is becoming tedious; la lectura del libro resultó pesada the book was heavy going; es una persona de lo más pesado he's a terribly dull sort; ese me cae pesado (Caribe) (México) that chap gets on my nerves (familiar) ; es pesado tener que ... it's such a bore having to ...; ¡no seas pesado! stop being such a pain!
1 (aburrido) bore es un pesado he's such a bore
2 (Caribe) (pez gordo) big shot (familiar) (acto) weighing
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