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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)
- booze; drink; alcoholic beverage; bottle of wine, beer, or liquor
- Synonyms: alipús, beberaje, bebida, bebida alcohólica, trago
- 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)
- boozy, drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, smashed
- Synonyms: bebido, borracho, curado, ebrio, embriagado, mamado, piripi; see also Thesaurus:borracho
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
escabio
- first-person singular present indicative of escabiar