Polyglot Dictionary

cansar

/kanˈsaɾ/

verb A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
canso
preterite (yo)
cansé
past participle
cansado

Meaning

  1. to tire

    • El viaje me cansó.

      The trip tired me out.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

fatigar

fatigar is more literary or intense for "to tire, fatigue"; cansar is the everyday word.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

cansar

cansar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to tire."

Portuguese

fatigar

fatigar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to tire."

Practice

1 What does cansar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches cansar?

verb

Last updated