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Tired in Spanish
“Tired” in Spanish is cansado, or cansada with a feminine noun. It's an adjective, pronounced /kanˈsa.do/.
In a sentence
El niño está cansado después de correr todo el día en el parque.
The boy is tired after running all day in the park.
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Grammar note
Use estar, because being tired is a state: estoy cansado (said by a man), estoy cansada (said by a woman).
How to remember it
Say it slowly, can-SA-do, and hear can't do. When you're cansado, you can't do much.
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