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"drunk" in seven languages

Meaningdrunk

Spanish

borracho

/boˈratʃo/

other source · of disputed origin

Ebrio, from ĒBRIUM, is the formal word.

French

ivre

/ivʁ/

inherited

Soûl is the everyday alternative.

Italian

ubriaco

/ubriˈako/

other source · Latin ĒBRIĀCUM, an extended form of ĒBRIUS

Portuguese

bêbado

/ˈbebadu/

other source · Latin BIBITUM 'having drunk' (from BIBERE)

Romanian

beat

/be̯at/

other source · Latin BIBITUM 'having drunk' (from BIBERE)

fem.: beată

The same source as Portuguese bêbado.

Catalan

borratxo

/buˈratʃu/

other source · of disputed origin (as Spanish borracho)

English

drunk

/dɹʌŋk/

native English · Old English druncen

English → ItaliandrunkubriacoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: inebriated, sobriety (SŌBRIUS 'not drunk').What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ĒBRIUM‘drunk’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French ivre is the straight heir of ĒBRIUS; Italian ubriaco comes from a longer Latin variant of the same word. Spanish went its own way with borracho.

English relatives: inebriated, sobriety (SŌBRIUS 'not drunk')

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In a sentence

  • esEstaba demasiado borracho para conducir.
  • frIl était trop ivre pour conduire.
  • itEra troppo ubriaco per guidare.
  • ptEle estava bêbado demais para dirigir.
  • roEra prea beat ca să conducă.
  • caAnava massa borratxo per conduir.
  • enHe was too drunk to drive.

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