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"Drunk" is a form of "drunk", an adjective which is often translated as "borracho". "Wasted" is a form of "wasted", an adjective which is often translated as "desperdiciado". Learn more about the difference between "drunk" and "wasted" below.
drunk(
druhngk
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. borracho
After drinking four glasses of tequila, she was quite drunk.Después de tomar cuatro vasos de tequila, ella estaba bastante borracha.
c. tomado (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Don't talk to him right now; he's drunk.No le hables en este momento; está tomado.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el borracho (M), la borracha (F)
(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).
(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).
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.
wasted(
weys
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dihd
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (squandered)
a. desperdiciado
The thought of her wasted talent always makes her regret her past.Pensar en su talento desperdiciado siempre la hace arrepentirse de su pasado.
b. desaprovechado
Could you design the book to be smaller? I don't like having so much wasted paper.¿Podrías diseñar el libro para que sea más pequeño? No me gusta que haya tanto papel desaprovechado.
c. inútil
The candidate felt that all his efforts were wasted when he lost the election.El candidato sintió que todos sus esfuerzos habían sido inútiles cuando perdió las elecciones.
2. (colloquial) (intoxicated)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. borracho
You're wasted. Please let me drive instead.Estás borracho. Por favor, déjame conducir en tu lugar.
3. (shrunken)
