verb

fastidiar

bother · annoy

Molestar o hacer sentir mal a alguien con algo que cansa, enfada o incomoda.

Definition & meaning

The verb fastidiar primarily means to annoy, bother, or irritate someone. It describes the action of causing someone to feel nuisance, impatience, or displeasure.

Beyond interpersonal annoyance, it is frequently used to mean spoiling, ruining, or breaking something. For instance, if a machine stops working or a plan is cancelled due to bad weather, one might say the situation was "fastidiada."

In its reflexive form, fastidiarse, the meaning can shift slightly:

To become bored or weary.
To have to resign oneself to an unpleasant situation (similar to the English "to be stuck with it" or "to lump it").
To break down or fail (referring to an object).

Grammar & Word origin

Fastidiar is a regular verb belonging to the first conjugation (verbs ending in -ar).

The word derives from the Latin fastidiare, which comes from fastidium, meaning loathing, disgust, or aversion. Etymologists suggest fastidium is a compound of fastus (pride or arrogance) and taedium (weariness or disgust). Historically, the word implied a strong sense of disdain or being "fed up" with something, which evolved into the modern Spanish sense of general annoyance or the physical ruining of an object.