Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pesado (informal)
English translation:
a pain, a bore/boring, a drag
Spanish term
Spain
Pesado
Feb 4, 2008 21:52: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Feb 4, 2008 21:53: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Proposed translations
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
pain [He is a real pain]
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Since this is informal in register, \"pain\" is better than \"annoying\". The idea of \"annoying\" is correct, but it is not at the same informal sociolinguistic register as \"pesado\". This same adjective is extensively used in Latin America in the same sense.
\"pain\" is probably a shortened form of \"pain in the neck\" meaning the same thing
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I just confirmed the usage in the Oxford Dictionary
o be a pain in the neck o (AmE vulg) ass o (BrE vulg)
arse ser* un pesado, ser* insoportable, ser* un coñazo (Esp vulg);
complicated, annoying
a real pain in the neck
annoying
irritating
trying (hard work)
boring
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he is a pain
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Native in: Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Chilean, Rioplatense, Latin American, Standard-Spain, Uruguayan, Argentine, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
the bloke's a bore
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
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insensitive, uncaring
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intolerable, hard to take
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Thanks Becky. It is a good day for remembering where we came from and wondering where the heck we are going.
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: pesado is an informal expression; in my opinion you are on the wrong register ruth.
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he's/she's a drag
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... Del was helping himself to sausage and sage dressing. \"I\'m glad Richard
didn\'t show up. He\'s a total drag to be around. A real mood killer. ...
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Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:
drag [dræ>g]
[...]
2 (informal) (= boring thing) lata (informal) f; rollo m (Spain) (informal)
what a drag! ¡qué lata! (informal); ¡qué rollo! (Spain) (informal)
***she\'s a real drag! ¡qué tía más pesada!*** (informal)
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unbearable
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shooting a scene because he laughs through the whole damn scene. It's great.". ...
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alive and well -- 11 Oct 1983
... I was amazed at how many things the book talks about that I have seen ... can't," or "I
don't want to." Usually he is a charmer, but occasionally he is unbearable. ...
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Native in: Spanish
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obnoxious
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... Favorite scene: A date with a really obnoxious guy. ... It\'s called \"Single Man Drought.\".
Could Greg Howell relate to being that obnoxious guy? I don\'t know. ...
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you\'re an incredibly annoying and obnoxious guy. But, that\'s irrelevant. ...
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Sol
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he's too much
Just another option (though it seems you already have plenty of good ones!!)
Fast work personal service.
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