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Are you bored?

In Spain, I wanted to ask if a shop was open. I said ¿Está aburrido?, are you bored, instead of ¿Está abierto?, are you open!

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CJ 2007-12-31

Don't forget the trap you can get into using ser with aburrido ... La profesora es aburrida means she's boring, not bored (está aburrida).

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Laura 2006-11-15

Oooh, this reminds me of my early troubles with ser and estar, both meaning to be. Ser is usually for a more permanent state whilst estar is usually for a temporary state. So many times when I was a studen I pronounced I was an alcoholic instead of saying I was drunk ... soy borracha instead of estoy borracha.

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