Spanish Word of the Day: harto

Don’t make the mistake with today’s word to think it’s the conjugated for of hartar. No, harto (or harta for the female form) is an often-used adjective which will help you in all kind of situations.

What does harto mean? It can mean ‘to be fed-up’ or  ’sick and tired’. But that’s not all. When you’ve eaten a lot you’re harto as well. In a formal context (although more and more used in colloquial speech in parts of Latin-America) it can mean ‘very’ or ‘extremely’.

So, as you can see it’s a simply word with many meanings. Try to learn some of the chunks from the sentences to become familiar with it.

Sentences

Me tienes harto con tantas exigencias.
I’m sick and tired of all your demands.

Estaba harta de que le dijeran eso.
She was fed up with them telling her that.

Tenían hartas ventajas.
They had many advantages.

Te llamé hartas veces.
I phoned you lots of times.

¿Tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos!
Do you have friends there? — yes, lots!

Había harta gente.
There were a lot of people.