sober up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

sober up (third-person singular simple present sobers up, present participle sobering up, simple past and past participle sobered up)

To become sober; to cause to become sober.
She's in no state to go home by herself, so make sure she doesn't drink anything else, and she'll soon sober up.
A pot of black coffee ought to sober him up.

Translations

to become sober

Arabic: صَحَا‎ (ar) (ṣaḥā)
Catalan: desembriagar-se
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醉醒 (zh) (zuìxǐng), 醒酒 (zh) (xǐngjiǔ)
Czech: vystřízlivět
Dutch: ontnuchteren (nl)
Finnish: selvitä (fi)
French: se dégriser (fr), se désenivrer (fr)
German: ausnüchtern (de)
Greek: ξεμεθώ (xemethó)
Ancient Greek: ἐκνήφω (eknḗphō)
Hebrew: הִתְפַּכֵּחַ‎ (hitpakkéaḥ)
Hungarian: kijózanodik (hu)
Ido: desebrieskar (io)
Irish: tar as meisce
Japanese: 酔いが覚める (よいがさめる, yoi-ga sameru)
Portuguese: desembriagar-se
Russian: трезве́ть (ru) impf (trezvétʹ), отрезве́ть (ru) pf (otrezvétʹ)
Spanish: desemborrachar (es), desemborracharse (es), desembriagar (es), desembriagarse (es)
Swedish: nyktra till (sv)
Welsh: sobri (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "to become sober"

German: ernüchtern (de) (not related to alcohol but illusions)

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