resaca
Spanish, noun
resaca is spelled R-E-S-A-C-A (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of resacar. With an accent, resacá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of resacar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retroceso de las olas del mar desde el punto máximo que alcanzan en la orilla”.
What does resaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking)
- 2
feminineundertow, surf, backwash (outgoing wave)
- 3
feminineriptide
- 4
feminineredraft, redrawing
- 5
femininesilt deposit
- 6
MexicoUSfemininedry stream bed; resaca
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of resacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retroceso de las olas del mar desde el punto máximo que alcanzan en la orilla. 2. Desechos que esta resaca₁ o la marea depositan en la costa. 3. Intenso malestar que sigue a una borrachera 4. Por extensión, consecuencias negativas que siguen al fin de un suceso o período.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of resaca
- resacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to resaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resaca in Spanish?
resaca appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).