I know that it's not the topic of this lesson, but in the sample sentence "Luis y Marta se han vuelto una pareja aburrida," the translation given is "Luis and Marta have become a boring couple." Why not "Luis and Marta have become a bored couple"?
Participle question
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R Z.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Participle question
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using Spanish verb volverse to express to become/to turn (verbs of change)"
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InmaKwiziq team member
Hola R,
aburrido/-a can mean either bored or boring; we have the same word/form for these, unlike in English: -ing/ -ed, so you need to guess what it means by the context.
What we mean in this sentence is "the couple have become less interesting as a couple -> "son una pareja aburrida", not "la pareja está aburrida"; in other words, "the couple is boring" not "the couple is bored"
Inma
Colleen L.Kwiziq community member
We never use that term ‘bored couple’. ‘Bored couple’ would assume someone/something made them that way. The people themselves make themselves a ‘boring couple’. The couple acts in ways that are boring.
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