Ladrillo
I know that it is English for "brick", but a different dictionary says "heavy (familiar)" and RAE says "Cosa pesada o aburrida". Will you please comment on this? How can something familiar be heavy? And in the RAE definition, is this an adjecgtive?
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familiar implies "a familiar usage"
A brick (Un ladrillo) in a familiar usage, it's something heavy you have to carry, literally or not. examples cosa pesada y aburrida (familiar): -El discurso de Obama/Fidel Castro/Chávez fue un ladrillo The lecture of Obama/Fidel Castro/Chávez was long and tedious heavy (familiar) -mi nuevo móvil es muy ligero, el anterior era un ladrillo My new mobile phone it's feathery, the old was big and heavy You can say both in a familiar way, but it's not a proper word to write. saludos :D |
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ladrillomasculino 1 brick; una pared de ladrillo a brick wall; fachada a ladrillo visto or (América Latina) de ladrillo a la vista brick facade; ser un ladrillo (familiar) «libro» to be heavy-going; «persona» (Argentina) to be dense o slow (familiar) In BrE there is also the concept of being very stupid: to be as thick as a brick :lol: |
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plomo, plomazo = dull boring person, boring performance, tedious time, long waiting time piedra, tonelada = something heavy piedra = something indigestible ---> "me cayó como piedra" "Ladrillo" is not used here with those meanings -I can't recall any lexical use of it in that sense outside Spain- |
I agree with Sosia's explanation and examples. We can also use "un plomo" instead of "un ladrillo".
@Lou Ann: No, it's not an adjective, but a noun used as some sort of metaphor. |
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you're a brick! We use it instead to mean "dense" |
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Thanks, all - I think I've got it now. :) |
Your a brick sounds truly strange to me, however if you say you are thick as a brick, you are accusing someone of being stupid.
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Either will mean "stupid". "What, Am I talking to a brick?" Quote:
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