estar careca de

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “to be bald from”.

Verb

estar careca de (first-person singular present estou careca de, first-person singular preterite estive careca de, past participle estado careca de)

  1. (copulative, idiomatic, colloquial) to be sick and tired of
    Já estávamos carecas de ouvir que não ganharíamos.
    We were sick and tired of hearing that we were not going to win.
    Estou careca de saber que eu não vou passar.
    I’m sick and tired of knowing that I’m not going to pass.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.