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Old November 09, 2010, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by laepelba View Post
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?
In English (I guess it is a false cognate)

you're a brick!

We use it instead to mean "dense"
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