cogorza
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Spanish
Etymology
From an earlier *cohorzar, from Vulgar Latin confortiare.
Noun
cogorza f (plural cogorzas)
- (colloquial, Spain) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
- 1982, Fernando Gutiérrez, El inútil lugar de la esperanza:
- Los borrachos de Aldeavientos, que no eran muchos, solían dormir la cogorza en sus casas.
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- 2015 July 22, “¿Salir en Madrid con sólo 30 euros?”, in El País:
- Hace unos días, uno de vosotros me escribió para decirme que con 30 euros era capaz de salir a cenar y agarrarse la cogorza del siglo hasta caer fulminado con la apertura del metro.
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Further reading
- “cogorza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014