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incómodo

uncomfortable

adjective een-KOH-moh-doh Rare

Also means

awkward

Usage Note

Incómodo describes both physical discomfort (una silla incómoda) and social awkwardness (un silencio incómodo). In Spanish, estar (not ser) is used for this feeling: estoy incómodo ('I feel uncomfortable'), since it describes a state, not an inherent trait. The noun is incomodidad; the opposite is cómodo.

Examples

"El asiento del tren era muy incómodo."

Natural Translation

The train seat was very uncomfortable.

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