WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| empalago nm | (comida: hastío) | cloying n |
| | | being too sweet n |
| | El chocolate estaba dulcísimo y me causó tanto empalago que solo me tomé la mitad. |
| | The chocolate was so sweet and caused so much cloying that I could only manage half of it. |
| empalago nm | (molestia, fastidio) (colloquial) | mush n |
| | (person) | sickly sweetness n |
| | (person: colloquial) | schmaltz n |
| | No soporto en empalago de las telenovelas que ve la abuela. |
| | I can't stand that mush of soap operas my grandma watches. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| empalagar⇒ vi | (dulce: hastiar, cansar) (figurative) | tire you out, make you sick v expr |
| | (literary) | cloy⇒ vi |
| | | surfeit⇒ vtr |
| | | pall⇒ vtr |
| | No me gusta el merengue, es demasiado dulce y empalaga. |
| | I don't like merengue, it is too sweet and makes me sick. |
| empalagar vtr | (causar hastío) (figurative: behaviour) | make you sick, make you ill v expr |
| | | be cloying v expr |
| | | be nauseating v expr |
| | Me empalaga con tanto beso y tanta carantoña. |
| | With so much kissing and affection, she makes me sick. |
| Additional Translations |
| empalagarse⇒ v prnl | (hastiarse de dulce) | get sick vi + adj |
| | El oso estuvo comiendo miel todo el día y se empalagó. |
| | The bear got sick gorging himself on honey all day. |