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ressaca

🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil

What does “ressaca” mean?

a hangover

Example

“Bebi demais ontem, tô de ressaca.”
I drank too much yesterday, I'm hungover.

Good to know

Also the rough sea after a storm. "Ressaca moral" = regretting what you did drunk.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

🎉 Going out

The textbook way to say it: mal-estar

🤕 How other countries say “a hangover”

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