embriagante

Spanish

Etymology

From embriagar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embɾjaˈɡante/ [ẽm.bɾjaˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: em‧bria‧gan‧te

Adjective

embriagante m or f (masculine and feminine plural embriagantes)

1. intoxicating, heady, inebriating

Noun

embriagante m (plural embriagantes)

1. intoxicant

   Synonym: embriagador

   • 2015 September 22, “Drogas: la orgía lingüística”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El mundo de la adquisición, consumo y disfrute de sustancias estupefacientes o embriagantes ilegales se desenvuelve en una auténtica orgía léxica.

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Usage notes

• The Royal Spanish Academy only notes the adjectival form.

Further reading

• “embriagante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28