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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesebrio
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ebrio
"El conductor fue detenido por manejar en estado de ebriedad."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
"The inebriated guest struggled to find his coat at the end of the evening." - 2
Exhilarated or stupefied as if by alcohol; heavily excited.
"She felt inebriated by her sudden success and the applause of the crowd."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin past participle of 'inebriare', meaning to intoxicate, which combines the prefix 'in-' (into) with 'ebrius' (drunken). Entering the English language in the early 17th century, it shifted from a literal alchemical and medicinal sense to a formal or literary descriptor for drunkenness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inebriated" is said worldwide
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ivre
Transliteration: ivre
"Il était manifestement ivre après deux verres de vin."
runken
Transliteration: beseelt
"Er war stark betrunken und konnte kaum noch geradeaus gehen."
ubriaco
Transliteration: ubriaco
"Era visibilmente ubriaco alla fine della festa."
ebrio
Transliteration: ebrio
"El conductor fue detenido por manejar en estado de ebriedad."
ebrioso
Transliteration: ebrioso
"Ele estava completamente embriagado após a festa."
नशे में धुत
Transliteration: nashe mein dhut
"वह पार्टी में पूरी तरह नशे में धुत लग रहा था।"
醉酒的
Transliteration: zuìjiǔ de
"他喝醉了酒，连话都说不清楚。"
취한
Transliteration: chwihan
"그는 술에 취해 제대로 서 있지 못했다."
泥酔した
Transliteration: neisui shita
"彼は完全に泥酔してタクシーで帰宅した。"
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