escabio

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See also: escabió

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkabjo/
  • Rhymes: -abjo
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧bio

Etymology 1

From vernacular Italian scabio, scabi (wine), from Ligurian scabbio and Lombard scabbi.

Noun

escabio m (plural escabios) (Argentina, Uruguay, Lunfardo, slang, colloquial)

  1. booze; drink; alcoholic beverage; bottle of wine, beer, or liquor
    Synonyms: alipús, beberaje, bebida, bebida alcohólica, trago
  2. booziness; a mental state of drunkenness resulting from excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages
    Synonyms: bomba, borrachera, ebriedad, embriaguez, humera, mamúa
    • En las horas de escabio y amargura, me pregunto si fue cierto tu cariño, ...y aunque busco en el hembraje no hay ninguna, que como vos me quiera como a un niño.
      When I'm hitting the bottle and feeling bitter, I wonder if your affection was undefiled, and although I search among the broads there is none who like you will love me like a child.

Adjective

escabio (feminine escabia, masculine plural escabios, feminine plural escabias)

  1. boozy, drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, smashed
    Synonyms: bebido, borracho, curado, ebrio, embriagado, mamado, piripi; see also Thesaurus:borracho
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

escabio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escabiar