aburrir

/abuˈriɾ/ · A2 · verb

to be bored

🥱 a-BURR-ir: a burr droning on and on bores you; from Latin abhorrere

From Latin abhorrere (to shrink away from), the same root as English abhor. What you abhor, you turn away from; in Spanish that softened into being bored. Aburrir = to bore someone; aburrirse = to get bored.

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