Learn Spanish (Latin America): El obrero que taló ese pino está cansado. - The worker who cut down that pine is tired.

El obrero que taló ese pino está cansado.

The worker who cut down that pine is tired.

Breakdown of El obrero que taló ese pino está cansado.

estar

to be (location/state)

Questions & Answers about El obrero que taló ese pino está cansado.

How would I say "The worker who just cut down that pine" using the grammar from this lesson?

In Latin America, you can place recién right before the conjugated verb to express that something just happened. You would say, El obrero que recién taló ese pino... This is a very common alternative to using the phrase acaba de talar (has just cut down).

Why use taló instead of cortó for cutting down the tree?

Talar is a highly specific verb that means to fell or chop down a tree. While you could say cortó ese pino (cut that pine), taló leaves no doubt that the worker chopped the whole tree down to the base, rather than just trimming its branches.

Since we're using está cansado, can a person ever be described with es cansado?

Yes, but it completely changes the meaning. Using estar describes a temporary physical state: he is tired right now. Using ser describes a characteristic: es cansado (or more commonly es cansador in Latin America) means he is a tiring or exhausting person to deal with.

Is there a difference in meaning between an obrero and a trabajador?

Yes. Trabajador is a broad word for any kind of worker or employee. Obrero specifically refers to a blue-collar worker, laborer, or construction worker doing heavy manual labor, which perfectly fits the physical work of chopping down a pine tree.