embriaguez

drunkenness

noun em-bryah-GEHS Rare

Also means

intoxication

Usage Note

Embriaguez is a formal noun for the state of being drunk, used in legal and medical contexts (embriaguez al volante — drunk driving). In everyday speech borrachera is far more common. The word ends in -ez, a suffix that forms abstract feminine nouns from adjectives (like niñez, vejez).

Examples

"La embriaguez le costó el permiso de conducir."

Natural Translation

The drunkenness cost him his driving licence.

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