Binge Drinking

Question

hi everyone. I was wondering if there is a translation of binge drinking in spanish.

I have found irse de juerga as a colloquial phrase for going on a binge.

To explain the context I am trying to discuss "binge drinking" as a problem with young people and to use the phrase "to go on a binge" it doesn't really work in the same way.

Many thanks

Charley x

Answer 1

I am sorry, but none of the answers I have seen here would translate properly to Binge Drinking, 9e.g. Drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short time with the intention of intoxicating oneself)

botellón does not imply quanity, nor does borrachero

atracón does come the closest and I assume that it could be used with alcohol to construct the phrase
atracón alcohol or Bebedor compulsive?

Answer 2

Sorry, Eddy. I will try not to make so many mistakes in a single thread in the future. :D

Answer 3

First, if I have looked aggresive, I humbly apologize. It was far from my intention.

Dunia, I don't think being 29 or 31 does any difference when talking about drinking on the streets. Most people who does it do not need to do it, as the only real reasons to need it are two:

• Not being old enough to drink in a bar or a club, which means being under 18 (or even under 16 depending where you live)
• Not having money enough to drink in a bar or a club, which is not always linked to being younger than 30, although there may be a statistical correlation.

Look, I have colleagues at work that happen to be 29, earn a good salary and often do "botellón" on weekends, and they refer to it with that word. Do they have to change the word if they keep doing it next year? I don't think so.

I write here because I like it and because I like to help too. I'm not misguiding anybody on purpose and will never do it. I may be wrong, though, as anybody else can be.

About your age, actually I don't suppose you are older than thirty. I just know that I am, as stated before, and that was enough for making the question in the terms I did. Obviously it didn't look friendly to include you in the scene. I'm sorry about that, it was again far from my purpose.

Answer 4

Hi Trifasik
It wasn't Dunia that suggested Borrachera, it was me. Nice to think that I may be right.

Answer 5

Hi Trifasik and dunia, cool down a little, will you?

Hay muchos hilos al respecto en otros foros, yo estoy de acuerdo con esta opinión:

Answer 6

By the way Trifasik, why do you suppose that I'm older than thirty'

Answer 7

You are imagining scens that do not happen. You can call things as you like, but I think you shouldn't mislead people that are trying to learn Spanish language.
Adult people don't drink on the street, they don't need it. Can you argue that'

Answer 8

I was thinking "then there are no records from my last botellones" and then I realized it's more than 4 years since the las one so i was under thirty.

So you may be right about the records, although it doesn't change my point of view, since I think I can do "botellón" today even being older than thirty. Otherwise, what would you call it if me and you were drinking on the street with some friends? Let me guess... "imaginary and impossible scene" :D

Answer 9

I have never heard any record of people above thirty drinking on the street, haven't I?

"Hacer el botellón" is not binge drink, is like a social behavior/institution among Spanish and urbanite youngsters since some time ago (10 years roughly).

Answer 10

I would even skip the "you are under thirty" part. If you are drinking alcohol on the street with several other people, you are doing "Botellón", it doesn't matter how much you drink or how old you are.

I guess to be close to the "binge drinking" meaning in Spanish we should go around "emborracharse" and "borrachera" like Dunia suggests.

Answer 11

Sorry, you do "botellón" although you drink only a little, as long as you are in the street, you're under thirty and you are with a lot of friends.

Answer 12

When people do "botellón"...they drink A LOT!!

that's a fact. Probably this word is only used in Spain though.

Answer 13

I don't agree witth you.

"Hacer el botellón"in Spain is young people drinking alcohol in the street and not always big quantities.

Binge can be anywhere, anybody and implies to drink a lot.

Answer 14

binge drinking: hacer el botellón

Look:

[url=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botell%C3%B3n]http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botell%C3%B3n[/url]

http://www.20minutos.es/especial/51#

Answer 15

Great, thanks