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1 soûler
soûler° [sule]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb• se soûler à la bière/au whisky to get drunk on beer/on whisky* * *sule
1.
1) ( rendre ivre) [personne] to get [somebody] drunk [personne]; [alcool] to make [somebody] drunk [personne]2) ( griser) [odeur, parfum, grand air] to intoxicate [personne]3) (colloq) ( étourdir)tu me soûles avec tes histoires — give me a break, my head is spinning!
2.
se soûler verbe pronominal1) ( s'enivrer) to get drunk (à, avec on)2) ( se griser)se soûler de — to become intoxicated with [paroles, musique]
* * *sule vt1) (= rendre ivre)soûler qn [personne] — to get sb drunk, [boisson] to make sb drunk
2) fig (= épuiser par ses bavardages)soûler qn — to make sb's head spin, to make sb's head reel
* * *soûler verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( rendre ivre) [personne] to get [sb] drunk [personne]; [alcool] to make [sb] drunk [personne]; ils cherchaient à la soûler au gin/à la bière they were trying to get her drunk on gin/on beer;2 ( griser) [odeur, parfum, grand air] to intoxicate [personne];3 ○( étourdir) tu nous soûles avec tes histoires/discours you make our heads spin with your stories/speeches; ce voyage m'a soûlée the trip left me reeling.B se soûler vpr1 ( s'enivrer) to get drunk; se soûler à la bière to get drunk on beer; se soûler la gueule◑ to get sloshed○, to get pissed◑;2 ( se griser) se soûler de qch to become intoxicated with sth [paroles, musique]; se soûler de travail to get punch-drunk from work.[sule] verbe transitif1. (familier) [rendre ivre]2. [étourdir] to make dizzy ou giddytu me soûles, avec tes questions! you're making me dizzy with all these questions!————————se soûler verbe pronominal intransitif2. [s'étourdir] -
2 пьянеть
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3 пьянеть
без доп.
1) get drunk/tipsy; get intoxicated перен. тж.
2) (от кого-л./чего-л.) get drunk/tipsy (with); get intoxicated (with) перен. тж.* * ** * *get drunk/tipsy; get intoxicated тж. -
4 опьянеть
несовер. - пьянеть;
совер. - опьянеть без доп.
1) get drunk/tipsy;
get intoxicated перен. тж.
2) (от кого-л./чего-л.) get drunk/tipsy (with) ;
get intoxicated (with) перен. тж.сов. см. пьянеть.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > опьянеть
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5 пьянеть
несовер. - пьянеть; совер. - опьянетьбез доп.1) get drunk/tipsy; get intoxicated перен. тж.2) (от кого-л./чего-л.)get drunk/tipsy (with); get intoxicated (with) перен. тж. -
6 пьянеть
несов. - пьяне́ть, сов. - опьяне́ть; (от)1) ( хмелеть) get intoxicated / tipsy / inebriated [ɪ'niː-] (with)2) ( испытывать упоение чем-л) get intoxicated (with) -
7 a se îmbăta cu apă rece
to be / to get intoxicated with empty words / sweet nothingsto feed on air -
8 berauschen
I v/t2. fig. Macht etc.: go to s.o.’s head; Musik: intoxicate; Gewalt etc. kann berauschen violence etc. can act like a drug2. fig.; Musik, Duft: become intoxicated by, get high on umg.; Geschwindigkeit: become exhilarated by, get high on umg.; Gewalt: get seized ( oder carried away) by violence etc.; sich am Klang der eigenen Stimme berauschen love the sound of one’s own voice* * *to fuddle; to befuddle; to inebriate* * *be|rau|schen ptp berauscht1. vt(= trunken machen) to intoxicate; (Alkohol etc auch) to inebriate; (Droge auch) to make euphoric; (= in Verzückung versetzen) to intoxicate, to enrapture (liter); (Geschwindigkeit) to exhilarate; (Blut, Gräueltat etc) to put in a frenzyder Erfolg hat ihn völlig berauscht — he was carried away or drunk with success
von Glück/Leidenschaft berauscht... — in transports of happiness/passion...
berauscht von der Poesie/den Klängen — intoxicated or enraptured by the poetry/the sounds
2. vrberáúschen (an Wein, Drogen) — to become intoxicated with sth; an Geschwindigkeit to be exhilarated by sth; an Blut, Gräueltat etc to be in a frenzy over sth
* * *be·rau·schen *▪ jdn \berauschen2. (in Verzückung versetzen) to intoxicate [or liter enrapture] sb; Geschwindigkeit to exhilarate sbII. vr* * *1.(geh.) transitives Verb (auch fig.) intoxicate; < alcohol> intoxicate, inebriate; < drug> make euphoric; < speed> exhilarate2.der Erfolg/die Macht berauschte ihn — he was intoxicated or drunk with success/drunk with power
reflexives Verb become intoxicatedsich an etwas (Dat.) berauschen — become intoxicated with something
* * *A. v/tGewalt etckann berauschen violence etc can act like a drugB. v/r:sich berauschen an (+dat)2. fig; Musik, Duft: become intoxicated by, get high on umg; Geschwindigkeit: become exhilarated by, get high on umg; Gewalt: get seized ( oder carried away) by violence etc;sich am Klang der eigenen Stimme berauschen love the sound of one’s own voice* * *1.(geh.) transitives Verb (auch fig.) intoxicate; < alcohol> intoxicate, inebriate; < drug> make euphoric; < speed> exhilarate2.der Erfolg/die Macht berauschte ihn — he was intoxicated or drunk with success/drunk with power
reflexives Verb become intoxicatedsich an etwas (Dat.) berauschen — become intoxicated with something
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9 enivrer
enivrer [ɑ̃nivʀe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb* * *ɑ̃nivʀe
1.
1) [alcool] to intoxicate sout, make [somebody] drunk; [air, altitude, mer] to intoxicate sout2)enivrer quelqu'un — [succès] to go to somebody's head
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s'enivrer verbe pronominal2) fig to become intoxicated (de with)* * *enivrer verb table: aimerA vtr2 [succès] enivrer qn to go to sb's head; enivré par son succès intoxicated by his success; se laisser enivrer to get carried away.B s'enivrer vpr2 fig to become intoxicated with.[ɑ̃nivre] verbe transitif————————s'enivrer verbe pronominal intransitif -
10 ubriacare
ubriacare qualcuno get s.o. drunk* * *ubriacare v.tr.1 to make* drunk, to intoxicate (anche fig.); ( inebriare) to inebriate: due dita di vino bastano a ubriacarmi, half a glass of wine is enough to make me drunk; lo ubriacò per farlo parlare, he made him drunk (o intoxicated him) to make him talk; era ubriacato dal suo successo, he was intoxicated by (o with) his success (o his success had gone to his head)2 (fig.) ( stordire) to daze (s.o.), to make* (s.o.'s head) spin: sua moglie lo ha ubriacato di chiacchiere, his wife dazed him with her talk.◘ ubriacarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron. to get* drunk (on sthg.); to get* intoxicated (anche fig.); ( inebriarsi) to get* inebriated; ( innamorarsi) to be besotted: ubriacare di vino, to get drunk on wine; si ubriaca tutte le sere, he gets drunk every night; ubriacare di una donna, (fig.) to be besotted with a woman.* * *[ubria'kare]1. vtubriacare qn — (sogg : persona) to get sb drunk, (bevanda) to make sb drunk, intoxicate sb, (con discorsi, promesse) to intoxicate sb, make sb's head spin o reel
2. vip (ubriacarsi)* * *[ubria'kare] 1.verbo transitivo1) to make* drunk, to intoxicate [ persona]fare ubriacare qcn. — to get sb. drunk
2) fig. (frastornare) to knock out, to stun2.verbo pronominale ubriacarsi to get* drunk* * *ubriacare/ubria'kare/ [1]1 to make* drunk, to intoxicate [ persona]; fare ubriacare qcn. to get sb. drunk2 fig. (frastornare) to knock out, to stunII ubriacarsi verbo pronominaleto get* drunk. -
11 главозамайвам
turn s.o.'s headглавозамайвам се become over confident; get a swelled head, get conceited, get too big for o.'s shoesглавозамайвам се от успехите си be intoxicated. with success* * *главозама̀йвам,гл. turn s.o.’s head;\главозамайвам се become over confident; get too big for o.’s shoes; get a swelled head; get conceited; \главозамайвам се от успехите си be intoxicated with success.* * *1. turn s. o.'s head 2. ГЛАВОЗАМАЙВАМ се become over confident;get a swelled head, get conceited, get too big for o.'s. shoes 3. ГЛАВОЗАМАЙВАМ се от успехите си be intoxicated. with success -
12 borracho
adj.drunk, drunken, intoxicated, half seas over.m.1 drunkard, drunken person, barfly, dipsomaniac.2 grey gurnard, Chelidonichtys gurnardus, Eutrigla gurnardus.* * *► adjetivo1 (persona) drunk► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 drunkard, drunk\borracho,-a como una cuba blind drunk————————* * *1. (f. - borracha)adj.2. (f. - borracha)noundrunk, drunkard* * *borracho, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]es muy borracho — he's a drunkard, he's a heavy drinker
2) (=poseído) drunk, blind (de with)3) (Culin) [bizcocho] tipsy ( soaked in liqueur o spirit); [fruta] marinated4) [de color] violet2.SM / F drunkard, drunk* * *I- cha adjetivoa) [estar] drunkborracho de gloria/poder — drunk with glory/power
b) [ser]IIes muy borracho — he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker
* * *= intoxicated, drunken, drunkard, under the influence, sauced up, wino, drunk.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.Ex. The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a 'glutton and a drunkard'.Ex. He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.Ex. And because beer and wine are so expensive at the stadium, many of these fans are coming to the games already sauced up from tailgate drinking.Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.Ex. Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.----* borracho callejero = wino.* borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunk.* conductor borracho = drink-driver.* estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.* estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.* fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk, as drunk as a newt.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.* * *I- cha adjetivoa) [estar] drunkborracho de gloria/poder — drunk with glory/power
b) [ser]IIes muy borracho — he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker
* * *= intoxicated, drunken, drunkard, under the influence, sauced up, wino, drunk.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.
Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.Ex: The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a 'glutton and a drunkard'.Ex: He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.Ex: And because beer and wine are so expensive at the stadium, many of these fans are coming to the games already sauced up from tailgate drinking.Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.* borracho callejero = wino.* borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunk.* conductor borracho = drink-driver.* estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.* estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.* fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk, as drunk as a newt.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.* * *1 [ ESTAR] drunkborracho de gloria/poder/éxito drunk with glory/power/success2 [ SER]:es muy borracho he is a drunkard o a heavy drinkermasculine, femininedrunk; (habitual) drunkard, drunk* * *
borracho◊ - cha adjetivoa) [estar] drunkb) [ser]:◊ es muy borracho he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
drunk;
( habitual) drunkard, drunk
borracho,-a
I adjetivo
1 (ebrio) drunk
estar borracho, to be drunk
2 (bizcocho, pastel) with rum
II sustantivo masculino y femenino drunkard, drunk
' borracho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borracha
- ebria
- ebrio
- gatas
- más
- puesta
- puesto
- agravante
- ahogado
- bebido
- chupado
- colocado
- curado
- curda
- despejar
- embriagado
- jalado
- mamado
- perdido
- sobrio
English:
as
- blind
- blunder
- bombed
- boozed up
- drunk
- drunkard
- drunken
- intoxicated
- loaded
- obviously
- paralytic
- pissed
- plastered
- sloshed
- smashed
- sober
- splash about
- sway
- tight
- well
* * *borracho, -a♦ adj1. [ebrio] drunk;Famborracho como una cuba blind drunk;Fam¡ni borracho! (absolutely) no way!;¡no lo haría ni borracho! there's no way you'd get me doing that!está borracho de ideas he's overflowing with ideas;estaba borracho de alegría he was wild with joy♦ nm,f[persona] drunk♦ nm[bizcocho] = sponge cake soaked in alcohol, ≈ baba (au rhum), Br rum baba* * *I adj drunk;borracho de poder drunk with powerII m, borracha f drunk* * *ebrio: drunk, intoxicated: drunk, drunkard* * *borracho adj n drunk -
13 zudröhnen
v/refl (trennb., hat -ge-) Sl., mit Alkohol: get plastered; mit Drogen: zonk out, get spaced out; mit übermäßigem Fernsehkonsum etc.: send one’s mind to sleep* * *zu|dröh|nen (sl)1. vtjdn (voll) zúdröhnen (mit Drogen) — to dose or dope sb up (inf); (mit Alkohol) to get sb tanked up (inf)
er war total zugedröhnt (mit Drogen) — he was doped up to the eyeballs (inf); (mit Alkohol) he was completely tanked up (inf) or loaded (inf)
2. vr(mit Drogen) to dose or dope oneself up (inf); (mit Alkohol) to get tanked up (inf); (inf mit Musik) to blow (Brit) or blast one's head off (inf)* * *zu|dröh·nenvr (sl)▪ zugedröhnt sein to be intoxicated/high* * *zudröhnen v/r (trennb, hat -ge-) sl, mit Alkohol: get plastered; mit Drogen: zonk out, get spaced out; mit übermäßigem Fernsehkonsum etc: send one’s mind to sleep -
14 up|oić
pf — up|ajać impf Ⅰ vt 1. pot. (spić alkoholem) to get [sb] drunk; to inebriate książk.- upoić kogoś winem to get sb drunk on wine2. przen. to exhilarate, to intoxicate- upoiła go muzyka the music exhilarated him- upajający zapach an intoxicating scentⅡ upoić się — upajać się 1. pot. (spić się) to get drunk (czymś on sth) 2. przen. (zachwycić się) to be exhilarated a. intoxicated (czymś by sth)- upoić się wiosną to become intoxicated by spring- upoić się sukcesem to get drunk with successThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > up|oić
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15 пьянеть
опьянетьget* tipsy / inebriated; get* intoxicated (тж. перен.)опьянеть (от) — be drunk / tipsy (with); be intoxicated (with; тж. перен.)
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16 borrachera
f.1 drunkenness (embriaguez).tener/cogerse una borrachera to be/get drunk2 intoxication.3 drinking spree, bachannalia, drinking bout, binge.4 drunken state, drunken stupor, drunkenness, ebriety.* * *1 drunken state■ llevaba encima tal borrachera que no sabía dónde estaba she was so drunk she didn't know where she was■ ¡estoy harta de tus borracheras! I'm fed up of you getting drunk!\coger una borrachera / enganchar una borrachera / pillar una borrachera to get drunk* * *SF1) (=estado) drunkennesscoger o pillar o agarrar o Méx ponerse una borrachera — to get drunk
2) (=juerga) spree, binge* * *pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera — to get drunk
* * *= drunkenness, binge, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, binge drinking.Ex. During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages of the library to towns at present suffering from excesses of drunkenness and debauchery.Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.Ex. Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.Ex. After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.Ex. To prevent risky sexual behavior among young adults, attention should be paid to binge drinking & marijuana use during adolescence.* * *pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera — to get drunk
* * *= drunkenness, binge, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, binge drinking.Ex: During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages of the library to towns at present suffering from excesses of drunkenness and debauchery.
Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.Ex: Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.Ex: After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.Ex: To prevent risky sexual behavior among young adults, attention should be paid to binge drinking & marijuana use during adolescence.* * *¡tenía una borrachera encima …! he was so drunk!se duchó para quitarse or sacarse la borrachera he took a shower to sober upaquélla fue su última borrachera that was the last time he got drunken su borrachera de poder perdió toda noción de justicia drunk o intoxicated with power, she lost all sense of justice* * *
borrachera sustantivo femenino: pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera to get drunk
borrachera sustantivo femenino
1 (embriaguez) drunkenness: cogí una buena borrachera, I got really drunk
2 fam fig (exceso, empacho) surfeit
una borrachera de números, a surfeit of numbers
3 (entusiasmo) excitement, fever: está en plena borrachera electoral, he has election fever
' borrachera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agarrar
- berza
- ciega
- ciego
- cogerse
- pedal
- pedo
- tajada
- torrija
- tranca
- trompa
- cuete
- embriaguez
- mona
English:
binge
- piss-up
- sober up
- bout
- drunkenness
* * *borrachera nf1. [embriaguez] drunkenness;tener una borrachera to be drunk;aún no se me ha pasado la borrachera I still haven't sobered upestá experimentando la borrachera del éxito she's drunk o dizzy with success* * *f drunkenness;agarrar una borrachera get drunk;borrachera de poder excitement that power brings* * *borrachera nf: drunkennessagarró una borrachera: he got drunk* * * -
17 п'яніти
= п'янішатиto get drunk ( tipsy); to get intoxicated тж.п'яніти від чогось — to be drunk (tipsy, intoxicated) with smth.
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18 étourdir
étourdir [etuʀdiʀ]➭ TABLE 2 transitive verba. ( = assommer) to stun* * *etuʀdiʀ
1.
1) ( assommer) to stun, to daze2) ( fatiguer)étourdir quelqu'un — [vacarme, circulation] to make somebody's head spin
2.
s'étourdir verbe pronominal* * *etuʀdiʀ vt(= assommer) to stun, to daze, (= griser) to make dizzy* * *étourdir verb table: finirA vtr1 ( assommer) to stun, to daze; le coup de poing m'a étourdi the punch stunned me; je me sens étourdi I feel stunned;2 ( fatiguer) étourdir qn [vacarme, circulation] to make sb's head spin; tu m'étourdis avec ton bavardage your constant chatter is making my head spin.B s'étourdir vpr éprouver le besoin de s'étourdir to feel the need to escape; s'étourdir de paroles to become intoxicated with words.[eturdir] verbe transitif2. [griser - suj: vertige, sensation, alcool] to make dizzy ou light-headed ; [ - suj: odeur] to overpower3. [abasourdir - suj: bruit] to deafen————————s'étourdir verbe pronominal intransitif -
19 upajać
impf ⇒ upoić* * *ipf.1. (= odurzać alkoholem, narkotykami) intoxicate, inebriate, drug.2. przen. (= wywoływać euforię) intoxicate, enchant, carry (sb) away.ipf.1. (= upijać się) get intoxicated l. inebriated l. drunk.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > upajać
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20 berauschen
be·rau·schen *vt( geh);jdn \berauschen2) ( in Verzückung versetzen) to intoxicate [or ( liter) enrapture] sb; Geschwindigkeit to exhilarate sbvrsich an Geschwindigkeit \berauschen to become exhilarated by speed;sich an Blut \berauschen to get into a frenzy over blood
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