cansar

Inherited from Latin campsāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kanˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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cansar (first-person singular present canso, first-person singular preterite cansí, past participle cansat)

1. to tire
2. to wear out, to exhaust
3. to bore, to annoy
4. (pronominal) to tire, to become tired
5. (pronominal) to tire out oneself
6. (pronominal) to get bored, to get tired (of)

• cansament
• cansar-se

• “cansar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cansar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cansar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cansar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese canssar, from Latin campsō.

• IPA^(key): [kɑnˈsaɾ]

cansar (first-person singular present canso, first-person singular preterite cansei, past participle cansado)

1. to tire; to fatigue

   Synonym: fatigar

2. to bore, bother, annoy

   Synonyms: aburrir, anoxar

3. (of a fountain, source or vessel) to dry

• Cansado
• cansazo
• canso

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cansar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cans”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cansar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cansar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cansar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cansar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cansar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin campsāre.

cansar

1. to tire; to fatigue

• fatigar

Inherited from Latin campsāre.

• Hyphenation: can‧sar

cansar (first-person singular present canso, first-person singular preterite cansei, past participle cansado)

1. to tire, weary

   Synonyms: fatigar, afadigar, esfalfar, estrompar

• cansaço
• canseira
• descansar

• “cansar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cansar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Inherited from Latin campsāre.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈsaɾ/ [kãnˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧sar

cansar (first-person singular present canso, first-person singular preterite cansé, past participle cansado)

1. (transitive) to tire

   Synonym: fatigar

2. (reflexive) to get tired

   Se me cansan los brazos.

   My arms are getting tired.

   Nunca me canso de escucharla cantar.

   I never get tired of listening to her sing.

• “cansar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024