No es aburrido.
He's not boring.
The young doctor first wrote this patient off, and now he admits to a colleague that he was wrong, using es because it's about what the man is like.
From The Good Doctor · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "boring" in Spanish
aburrido
adjectivefeminine: aburridaplural: aburridos, aburridaswith estar: bored
"Boring" in Spanish is aburrido, or aburrida with feminine nouns: La ciudad es aburrida. The verb decides the meaning: es aburrido means it's boring, while estoy aburrido means I'm bored. Roll the rr: ah-boo-RREE-doh.
Hear "aburrido" in real movie scenes
One man, one woman, both described with ser. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Es bastante honesta, pero muy aburrida.
She's pretty honest, but very boring.
Someone gets described behind her back as the kind of person who makes time drag, and both adjectives end in -a because they describe a woman.
From Dr. House · Spanish audio
Aburrido and its word family
How to say that something is boring, and that you're bored.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ser aburrido | to be boring |
| estar aburrido | to be bored |
| ¡Qué aburrido! | How boring! |
| aburrirse | to get bored |
| Me aburro. | I'm bored. I get bored. |
| ¡Qué rollo! | What a drag! (casual, Spain) |
Tip: Aburrir can work like gustar: Me aburre el fútbol means soccer bores me.
Grammar: es aburrido or está aburrido
Four points, and the first two change the meaning.
Ser: boring
Es aburrido. It's boring, or he's boring. Ser tells you what a person or a thing is like.Estar: bored
Estoy aburrido. I'm bored. Estar tells you how someone feels at the moment.Watch the noun
aburrido, aburrida, aburridos, aburridas. La gente is feminine and singular: Esa gente es aburrida.Trill the rr
Say ah-boo-RREE-doh. The rr is a rolled trill, and the final d is soft.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
El pueblo tranquilo es aburrido.
The quiet town is boring.
La ciudad es aburrida.
The city is boring.
Esto no es aburrido.
This isn't boring.
La obra es aburrida.
The piece is boring.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗Soy aburrido (meaning I'm bored)
✓Estoy aburrido
Soy aburrido says you're a boring person. For the feeling, switch to estar.
✗La persona es aburrido
✓La persona es aburrida
Persona is feminine even when the person is a man, so the adjective ends in -a.
✗Esa gente son aburridos
✓Esa gente es aburrida
Gente is one feminine noun in Spanish. It takes es and the -a ending.
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How to remember it
Aburrido sounds a lot like a burrito. Picture eating the same plain burrito every single day until it gets boring.
Questions about "boring" in Spanish
How do you say boring in Spanish?
Aburrido, or aburrida for feminine nouns. For several things, use aburridos or aburridas.
How do you say "I'm bored" in Spanish?
Estoy aburrido, or estoy aburrida if you're a woman. Me aburro works too.
What's the difference between es aburrido and está aburrido?
Es aburrido means he or it is boring. Está aburrido means he's bored right now.
How do you say "how boring" in Spanish?
¡Qué aburrido! In Spain you'll also hear the casual ¡Qué rollo!
