- empalagar
- v.to cloy, to weary, to surfeit, to pall.* * *empalagar► verbo intransitivo1 (dulces) to be too sweet, be sickly2 figurado to be cloying, pall* * *1. VT1) [comida] to be too sweet for2)
su conversación me empalaga — I find his conversation too sickly-sweet
2.VI [chocolate, tarta] to be too sweet3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivolos bombones me empalagan — chocolates are too sweet o sickly for my taste
2.tantas atenciones me empalagan — I find so much kindness cloying
empalagar vi estilo/obra to be cloying; licor/dulce to be too sweet o sickly3.su sentimentalismo empalaga — its sentimentality palls o is rather cloying
empalagarse v pron personame empalagué con tanto dulce — I ate so many sweet things, I couldn't face any more
* * *1.verbo transitivolos bombones me empalagan — chocolates are too sweet o sickly for my taste
2.tantas atenciones me empalagan — I find so much kindness cloying
empalagar vi estilo/obra to be cloying; licor/dulce to be too sweet o sickly3.su sentimentalismo empalaga — its sentimentality palls o is rather cloying
empalagarse v pron personame empalagué con tanto dulce — I ate so many sweet things, I couldn't face any more
* * *empalagar [A3 ]vttantas atenciones me empalagan I find so much kindness cloyingesa mujer me empalaga I find that woman cloying o too sickly sweetesos bombones me empalagan those chocolates are too sweet o sickly for me■ empalagarvi«estilo/obra» to be cloying; «licor/dulce» to be too sweet o sicklyuna pulcritud en el vestir que empalaga a fastidiousness about the way he dresses which becomes rather sickeningsu exceso de romanticismo empalaga its excessive sentimentality palls o is rather cloying■ empalagarsev pron«persona»: se ha empalagado con los mazapanes he has stuffed himself full of marzipan (colloq)* * *
empalagar (conjugate empalagar) verbo transitivo:◊ los bombones me empalagan chocolates are too sweet o sickly for my taste
verbo intransitivo [licor/dulce] to be too sweet o sickly;
[estilo/sentimentalismo] to be cloying
empalagar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (ser demasiado dulce) to be too rich o sweet: esa mermelada me empalaga, that jam is too sweet for my taste
2 (aburrir, disgustar) to bore: me empalagan las películas de Disney, I find Disney films rather cloying
* * *empalagar♦ vt1. [sujeto: pastel, dulce, licor]los bombones me empalagan I find chocolates sickly;este vino me empalaga this wine is far too sweet for me2. [sujeto: persona] to weary, to tire;me empalaga con tanta cortesía I find his excessive politeness rather cloying♦ vi1. [pastel, dulces, licor] to be sickly sweet2. [persona, estilo, actitud] to be rather cloying♦ See also the pronominal verb empalagarse* * *empalagarv/t:el chocolate me empalaga I find chocolate too cloying o sickly sweet;me empalaga fig I find it too much* * *empalagar {52} vt1) : to cloy, to surfeit2) fastidiar: to annoy, to bother
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.