pereza
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pigritia. Doublet of pigricia, which was a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peˈɾeθa/ [peˈɾe.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peˈɾesa/ [peˈɾe.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: pe‧re‧za
Noun
pereza f (plural perezas)
- laziness
- Me da pereza hacerlo. ― I can't be bothered to do it.
- Synonym: flojera
- (colloquial) a drag (something tedious)
Related terms
- perecear
- perezoso
Further reading
- “pereza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014