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"boring" in seven languages

Meaningboring

Spanish

aburrido

/abuˈrido/

other source · aburrir, from Latin ABHORRĒRE 'to shrink from'

Ser aburrido is 'to be boring'; estar aburrido, 'to be bored'.

French

ennuyeux

/ɑ̃nɥijø/

inherited

fem.: ennuyeuse

From ennui, ennuyer.

Italian

noioso

/noˈjoso/

borrowed · noia, from Old Occitan enoi + -oso

Portuguese

chato

/ˈʃatu/

other source · spoken Latin *PLATTUM 'flat' (Greek platýs): flat, hence dull

Chato also means annoying; a more neutral word is entediante.

Romanian

plictisitor

/pliktisiˈtor/

other source · plictisi 'to bore', from Greek

Catalan

avorrit

/əbuˈrit/

other source · avorrir, from Latin ABHORRĒRE 'to shrink from'

Avorrit is both 'boring' and 'bored'.

English

boring

/ˈbɔɹɪŋ/

native English · bore (of uncertain origin) + -ing

English → ItalianboringnoiosoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: annoy, ennui (same root); abhor (es).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

IN ODIŌ‘in hatred (spoken *INODIĀRE 'to be hateful')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French ennuyeux and Italian noioso share one root, the same that gave English annoy; Spanish aburrido comes from ABHORRĒRE, English abhor.

English relatives: annoy, ennui (same root); abhor (es)

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In a sentence

  • esEsta película es aburrida.
  • frCe film est ennuyeux.
  • itQuesto film è noioso.
  • ptEsse filme é chato.
  • roFilmul ăsta e plictisitor.
  • caAquesta pel·lícula és avorrida.
  • enThis film is boring.

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