ebriedad

/eβɾjeˈðað/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
ebriedades

Meaning

  1. drunkenness

    • Conducía en estado de ebriedad.

      He drove while drunk.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

borrachera

borrachera is the everyday, colloquial word for "drunkenness"; ebriedad is more formal or legal, like "estado de ebriedad" in a police report.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

embriaguez

embriaguez is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "drunkenness."

Practice

1 What does ebriedad mean?

2 Fill the gap: Conducía en estado de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ebriedad?

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