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
Synonym: flojera

Me da pereza hacerlo. ― I can't be bothered to do it.
(colloquial) a drag (something tedious)
(Venezuela) sloth (mammal)

Related terms

Further reading

“pereza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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