empalaga in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for empalaga in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.empalagar VB trans

tantas atenciones me empalagan

I find so much kindness cloying

esa mujer me empalaga

I find that woman cloying o too sickly sweet

esos bombones me empalagan

those chocolates are too sweet o sickly for me

II.empalagar VB intr

empalagar estilo/obra:

to be cloying

empalagar licor/dulce:

to be too sweet

empalagar licor/dulce:

to be sickly

una pulcritud en el vestir que empalaga

a fastidiousness about the way he dresses which becomes rather sickening

su exceso de romanticismo empalaga

its excessive sentimentality palls o is rather cloying

III.empalagarse VB vpr

empalagarse persona:

se ha empalagado con los mazapanes

he has stuffed himself full of marzipan inf

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empalaga in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for empalaga in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.empalagar VB trans g → gu

1. empalagar (alimento):

empalagar

to be oversweet

2. empalagar (persona):

empalagar

to cloy upon

tanta cortesía me empalaga

I find all this politeness cloying

esta película empalaga

this film is too treacly

II.empalagar VB refl

empalagarse de [o con] algo (hastiarse)

to get sick of sth

empalaga Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

tanta cortesía me empalaga

I find all this politeness cloying

esta película empalaga

this film is too treacly