eres aburrido
/eɾes aburido/from spelling rules
In Spanish, "you're boring" is expressed as eres aburrido.
This phrase is used to state that someone has a personality that is not interesting.
Which one should you use?
The phrase eres aburrido describes an inherent characteristic of a person's personality. If you use the verb estar instead and say estás aburrido, the meaning changes from describing a person's personality to describing a temporary state, meaning "you are bored" (feeling bored right now).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Argentina, you might say Sos re embolante to convey that someone is really boring. In Spain, the expression Eres más soso que una galleta de agua is used to express that someone is boring.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase uses the verb ser to describe an inherent characteristic of a person's personality. If you are speaking to a woman, you must change the ending of the adjective to the feminine form aburrida.
Did you know?
- In Argentina, the slang word embolante describes a boring person and literally relates to the feeling of being stuck in a bag.
- The modern Spanish word eres is actually a linguistic survivor from the Latin future tense form eris, which eventually replaced the original Latin 'es'.
- In Spain, calling someone soso to mean boring literally describes them as 'tasteless' or 'bland', as if they were food without salt.
Examples in context
- No quiero salir contigo porque eres aburrido.I don't want to go out with you because you're boring.
- Si no hablas de nada, eres aburrido.If you don't talk about anything, you're boring.
- Lo siento, pero eres aburrido.I'm sorry, but you're boring.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Elena are arguing about a movie choice.
- AlejandroSolo quiero ver un documental.I only want to watch a documentary.
- Elena¡Qué pesado! Eres aburrido, Alejandro.How annoying! You're boring, Alejandro.
- AlejandroNo soy aburrido, soy culto.I'm not boring, I'm cultured.
- ElenaBusquemos una película de acción.Let's find an action movie.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries aburrido, eres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
