perezoso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peyg-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *pigrós?

Proto-Italic *pigros

Latin piger

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

Latin -itia

Latin pigritia

Old Spanish pereza

Spanish pereza

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish perezoso

From pereza + -oso. Cognate with French paresseux, Italian pigrizioso and Portuguese preguiçoso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾeˈθoso/ [pe.ɾeˈθo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /peɾeˈsoso/ [pe.ɾeˈso.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧zo‧so

Adjective

perezoso (feminine perezosa, masculine plural perezosos, feminine plural perezosas)

1. lazy, slothful, sluggish

   Synonyms: flojo, holgazán

   • 1891, José María de Pereda, Pedro Sánchez, chapter 11:

     Encontrábame yo bastante rendido y muy perezoso todavía, y no quise aceptar ninguno de los modos que aquellos buenos paisanos me propusieron de pasar la noche en su compañía.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• ni corto ni perezoso
• ni lerdo ni perezoso

Noun

perezoso m (plural perezosos)

1. sloth (mammal)

   Synonym: pereza

2. sluggard, sloth, lazybones

   Synonym: holgazán

Derived terms

• perezoso grisáceo

Related terms

• pereza

Further reading

• “perezoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025