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preguiçoso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
  • lackadaisical adjective Lacking energy, care, or determination; doing something in a half-hearted and casually careless way.
  • lazy adj Unwilling to work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

Senses

preguiçoso is used for these senses in English:

  • idle Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
  • lackadaisical Lazy; slothful; indolent.
  • lazy Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

idle — full definition

  1. adj Not working, active, or in use.
  2. adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
  3. verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
  4. verb To pass time doing nothing productive.

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