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01-25-2008, 09:21 PM
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I'm beat, smoked (tired)?
Is there are more colloquial term in Spanish than estoy cansado to say one is tired?
I was in the gym this evening and was getting ready to leave when I said "Carajo, estoy acabado" and the guy I was talking to said "No entiendo" and of course then I used the standard "estoy cansado".
Afterwords, he asked me what country I was from and I told him I was an American from Florida and he says "you should speak Spanish better then because everybody there does". Granted I don't think he thinks much of my Spanish anyway because we have talked about weightlifting and honestly I find it difficult to talk about topics if I don't know the common words for them such as machine names and types of exercises, etc.
Thanks for the help as always
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01-25-2008, 09:29 PM
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Not colloquial but i think agotado give a stronger sense of tiredness. Not sure if they use hecho polvo in the DR.
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01-25-2008, 09:35 PM
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I've heard 'estoy molido' - literally crushed or minced.
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01-25-2008, 09:52 PM
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Estoy agotado.
In cibaeno "toy lito", while moving your finger by your throat as if slicing it...
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01-26-2008, 09:15 PM
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Estoy acabado means more of "broke (money)" or when your love one leaves you, you can say "Estoy acabado" meaning no hope for money or love.
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01-26-2008, 09:40 PM
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'Toy etropiao, cansao, debaratao. But "estoy cansado" sounds much better.
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01-26-2008, 09:58 PM
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Suarez has it.
Agotado.
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01-27-2008, 12:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by El sabelotó
'Toy etropiao, cansao, debaratao. But "estoy cansado" sounds much better.
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Chip if you want Dominican words, use any of the words above.
Agotado means exhausted.
Sabeloto, tu si sabe!!!
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01-27-2008, 08:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M.A.R.
Chip if you want Dominican words, use any of the words above.
Agotado means exhausted.
Sabeloto, tu si sabe!!!
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What does "beat/smoked" mean, if not exhausted?
Suarezn's choice is best.
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01-27-2008, 08:20 AM
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Agotado (exhausted) is correct, as it is just a more emphatic way of saying cansado (tired), but the OP was after more colloquial expressions. Agotao would be more like it.
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