aburrir
Spanish, verb/abuˈriɾ/
aburrir is spelled A-B-U-R-R-I-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aburrir is a Spanish verb meaning “to bore; to tire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar tedio, aburrimiento o fastidio. Hacer que una persona pierda el interés, la atracción o la atención…”.
What does aburrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bore; to tire
Espero no haberlos aburrido.
- 2
to be bored; to become bored
Me aburro.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar tedio, aburrimiento o fastidio. Hacer que una persona pierda el interés, la atracción o la atención hacia algo o alguien. 2. Abandonar, un animal, sus huevos, sus crías o su nido. 3. Tener o causar aversión o rechazo hacia algo o alguien. 4. Malgastar, no apreciar o usar mal algo, especialmente el tiempo o el dinero.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aburrir
- aburro first-person present singular
- aburrí first-person preterite singular
- aburrido participle past
- aburriendo gerund
- aburrida feminine participle past
- aburridos masculine participle past
- aburridas feminine participle past
- aburres indicative informal present
- aburrís indicative informal present
- aburre indicative present singular
- aburrimos first-person indicative plural
- aburren indicative plural present
- aburría first-person imperfect indicative
- aburrías imperfect indicative second-person
- aburríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aburríais imperfect indicative plural
- aburrían imperfect indicative plural
- aburriste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aburrir?
- /abuˈriɾ/
- [a.β̞uˈriɾ]
- [aβ̞uˈriɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aburrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aburrir in Spanish?
aburrir appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).