What word to use to say "silly" in Spanish?
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Hi. I am colombian. You can use "Tonto/a", "Bobo/a" (male -o, female -a). Or the diminutives "Tontito/a", "Bobito/a".
- GabrielaLearn a new language 🤗 Learn Spanish and English.
In Uruguay you can use “tonto/a” o “boba/o”.
- Patricia YapurSpanish Native Tutor for many years, worked in the Hotel and Tourist field, world traveller.
Tonto or menso.
- Angela Okeke-RamosNative Spanish speaker living in UK for 15 years with experience tutoring from A level to GCSE.
Hello, I am Spanish and in Spain you often say. "Tonta" "Retrasada" In Argentina they say "Boluda" / "Boludo" In Colombia they say "Boba" /"Bobo"
Hi! silly is a wonderful word to translate in spanish since almost every country and region has different ways of saying it. In general if you say bobo or tonto people will understand. However, you can say it with a since it makes it less strong and more friendly. "Tontico" "bobito".
- Kelly SaeterosMajoring in AP Spanish Fluent in both Spanish/English
Gracioso o Tonta/Tonto
- Jose GrullonConversational English and Spanish. Native Spanish speaker and a lot of years speaking English.
We tend to use the word "tonto" to translate the word "silly."
- Joana_BarbosaTeacher in Idioms Academy experience for more than 10 years.
In Spain we say “tonto” male form and “tonta” female form. See you at the classes!
In Argentina and Uruguay we reffer as BOLUDO. In Spain Jilipollas.
- HyaBanegasNative Spanish speaker with 4 years of experience in the English language
Hi I'm from Ecuador and basically depends cause it can be use in a rude way like tont@ or maybe you can Say that to your closet friend as a joke like tontita/ tontito.
in spanish: "tonto"
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En español? Como profe encuentro que en español de España es muy difícil aprender las conjugaciones y las preposiciones, porque repiten mucho su uso en el caso de las preposiciones, en Latino América no repetimos el uso de una preposición. En castellano latinoamericano, encuentro que les es difícil escuchar una conversación real porque tenemos una diferencia demasiado grande de acentos entre frontera y frontera, y de sinónimos, y en la mayoría de los países de LATAM se mezclan expresiones de algún idioma indígena originario con el castellano, no es PURO castellano. Así que es Español las preposiciones y conjugación (Gramática) En castellano los acentos y sinónimos (Escucha y vocabulario)
