What does ressaca in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word ressaca in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ressaca in Portuguese.

The word ressaca in Portuguese means hangover, rip current, ressaca, ressaca, ressaca, ressaca, dor de cotovelo, cura da ressaca, de ressaca, estepe, ressaca marítima. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ressaca

hangover

substantivo feminino (mal-estar por beber demais)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

rip current

substantivo feminino (maré forte) (beach)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ressaca

noun (aftereffects of drinking alcohol) (depois de beber)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Depois de ter bebido meia garrafa de vodka naquela noite, Jim ia ter um terrível ressaca no dia seguinte.
Having drunk half a bottle of vodka that night, Jim was going to have a bad hangover the next day.

ressaca

noun (undercurrent of the ocean) (refluxo da vaga)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
The swimmer was dragged down by the undertow and drowned.

ressaca

noun (figurative (aftereffects) (figurado)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Os alunos não tinham se recuperado ainda da ressaca das férias de verão e foram muito mal na primeira prova.
The students hadn't recovered from their summer break hangover yet and did terribly on their first test.

ressaca

noun (figurative ([sth] remaining) (figurado)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Estas políticas misóginas da empresa são uma ressaca dos anos sessenta.
These misogynistic company policies are a hangover from the sixties.

dor de cotovelo

expression (figurative (recovering from love affair)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)
Paul started seeing Wendy right after he split up with Rachel; he was still on the rebound.

cura da ressaca

noun (figurative, informal (alcohol drunk to cure a hangover)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

de ressaca

adjective (suffering after excess of alcohol)

(locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.)
I won't be going to work today: I'm too hung over after last night's party. I'm so hungover I feel like I've been hit by a train.

estepe

noun as adjective (recovering from love affair) (BRA, relacionamento temporário)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Paul and Wendy? That's just a rebound thing; he's not over Rachel yet.

ressaca marítima

noun (sea's undertow)

If you are caught in a rip current, swim across it, parallel to the shore.

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