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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cansado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kanˈsado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Weary
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Estaba muy cansado después de correr la maratón."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Feeling or showing extreme tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion.

    "She gave a long sigh of relief as she sank into the weary comfort of her armchair."
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause to become tired or fatigued; to grow weary.

    "The repetitive nature of the task began to weary the entire team."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'wērig', meaning tired or exhausted, stemming from Proto-Germanic '*wōrigaz'. Historically related to Old High German 'wuorag' (intoxicated or stupefied), the word evolved through Middle English to denote both physical exhaustion and mental weariness from prolonged strain.

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