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"Drunk" is a form of "drunk", an adjective which is often translated as "borracho". "Get scared" is an intransitive verb phrase which is often translated as "asustarse". Learn more about the difference between "drunk" and "get scared" below.
drunk(
druhngk
)
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. borracho
After drinking four glasses of tequila, she was quite drunk.Después de tomar cuatro vasos de tequila, ella estaba bastante borracha.
b. ebrio
The drunk man couldn't stand up.El hombre ebrio no se pudo parar.
c. tomado
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
Don't talk to him right now; he's drunk.No le hables en este momento; está tomado.
a. ebrio
The dictator was drunk with power.El dictador estaba ebrio de poder.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el borracho
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
, la borracha
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Don't listen to him. That drunk doesn't know what he's saying.No le hagas caso. Ese borracho no sabe lo que dice.
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get scared(
geht
 
skehrd
)
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
a. asustarse
The dogs got scared when the car backfired.Los perros se asustaron cuando el coche petardeó.
b. espantarse
Jack got scared when the balloon popped.Jack se espantó cuando el globo se reventó.
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