berusad
Swedish
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Adjective
[edit]berusad (comparative mer berusad, superlative mest berusad)
- intoxicated
- (usually) drunk, inebriated
- Synonym: full
- en berusad man hade blivit våldsam
- a drunken man had become violent
- (usually) drunk, inebriated
- (figuratively) drunk (with/on something)
- berusad av makt
- drunk with power
Usage notes
[edit]- Bit more formal compared to full, though not quite as formal as English intoxicated. "En full man" vs. "en berusad man" is similar to "a drunk man" vs. "a drunken man," where the latter might be more likely to appear in a newspaper.
- See full for synonyms.
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[edit]Participle
[edit]berusad
- past participle of berusa
References
[edit]- “berusad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “berusad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “berusad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)