emborrachar

From en- +‎ borracho +‎ -ar.

emborrachar (first-person singular present emborracho, first-person singular preterite emborrachei, past participle emborrachado)

1. (transitive) to intoxicate, inebriate (with alcohol)
2. (reflexive) to get drunk (emborracharse)

• borracheira f
• embriaguez f
• emborracharse

From en- +‎ borracho +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /emboraˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽm.bo.raˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bo‧rra‧char

emborrachar (first-person singular present emborracho, first-person singular preterite emborraché, past participle emborrachado)

1. (transitive) to intoxicate, inebriate (with alcohol)

   Quiero emborracharlo y hacer cosas inconfesables con él.

   I want to get him drunk and do unspeakable things with him.

2. (reflexive) to get drunk

   ¿Quién quiere que me emborrache y comience una discusión con el gato?

   Who wants me to get drunk and start an argument with the cat?

   • 2002, Rilo Kiley, translated by into Spanish, The Good That Won't Come Out:

     Creo que voy a salir fuera a ponerme en evidencia emborrachándome y cayéndome por la calle.

     I think I'll go out and embarrass myself by getting drunk and falling down in the street

• “emborrachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024