How is the word divertido translated from Spanish to English

English translation
fun
adjective

Que hace reír o pasar un buen rato.

Making people laugh or have a good time.

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Examples with “divertido”

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  • El paseo en bicicleta fue muy divertido. — The bike ride was a lot of fun.

  • ¡Qué divertido es tu hermano! — Your brother is so fun!

  • Buscamos un juego divertido para la fiesta. — We're looking for a fun game for the party.

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How “divertido” is used

Not a diverted anything. Divertido comes from divertir, which in Latin did mean to turn aside — the same root as divert — but Spanish kept only the branch leading to amusement and left the traffic sense to desviar.

One word covers what English splits into fun and funny: a game is divertido and so is a comedian. And the adjective changes meaning with ser and estar — es divertido describes what someone is like, está divertido says they are in high spirits right now. The reflexive is the one to remember for holidays: me divertí mucho, I had a great time.

Forms of “divertido”

  • divertido masculine
  • divertida feminine
  • divertir to amuse
  • divertirse to have fun
  • la diversión fun, the noun

Common phrases with “divertido”

  • fue muy divertido it was a lot of fun
  • ¡qué divertido! how funny!
  • una película divertida an amusing film
  • me divertí mucho I had a great time

How “divertido” differs from similar words

  • gracioso funny

    Funny in the making-you-laugh sense only. A theme park is divertido but not gracioso.

  • entretenido entertaining

    Holds your attention without necessarily amusing you — a long documentary can be entretenido.

  • aburrido boring

    The opposite, and it plays the same ser/estar trick: soy aburrido is I am boring, estoy aburrido is I am bored.

  • diversión fun, amusement

    The noun. Spanish needs it where English can use fun as a noun and an adjective alike.

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