berusad

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Swedish

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Etymology

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past participle of berusa

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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berusad (comparative mer berusad, superlative mest berusad)

  1. intoxicated
    1. (usually) drunk, inebriated
      Synonym: full
      en berusad man hade blivit våldsam
      a drunken man had become violent
  2. (figuratively) drunk (with/on something)
    berusad av makt
    drunk with power

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Derived terms

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See also

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Participle

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berusad

  1. past participle of berusa

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