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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesadicto al crack
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /aˈðikto al kɾak/
"El gobierno implementó nuevos programas para ayudar a los adictos."
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2 senses- 1
A person who is heavily addicted to crack cocaine.
"The documentary explored the devastating social impact of the epidemic on local communities and individual crackheads." - 2
A derogatory slang term for someone who behaves erratically, frantically, or obsessively.
"He was acting like a total crackhead trying to clean the entire house at three in the morning."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound of 'crack' (referring to crack cocaine, which emerged in the early 1980s and makes a crackling sound when smoked) and 'head' (slang suffix denoting a habitual user of a specific drug). It entered American slang in the mid-1980s during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic to describe a dependent addict.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Crackhead" is said worldwide
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toxicomane
Transliteration: /tɔksi.kɔ.man/
"Il est devenu dépendant et lutte contre son addiction."
Crackabhängiger
Transliteration: /ˈkʁakˌʔabhɛŋɪɡɐ/
"Die Stadt hat Programme zur Hilfe für Drogenabhängige gestartet."
tossicodipendente
Transliteration: /tossikodiˈpɛndente/
"Il centro offre supporto ai tossicodipendenti in difficoltà."
adicto al crack
Transliteration: /aˈðikto al kɾak/
"El gobierno implementó nuevos programas para ayudar a los adictos."
viciado em crack
Transliteration: /viˈsiadu ẽ ˈkɾak/
"Muitos centros de recuperação ajudam dependentes químicos."
नशेड़ी
Transliteration: /nə.ʃe.ɽiː/
"समाज में नशीली दवाओं के सेवन के खिलाफ जागरूकता फैलाई जा रही है।"
瘾君子
Transliteration: yǐn jūn zǐ
"社区正在努力帮助那些深陷毒瘾的人。"
중독자
Transliteration: /jungdokja/
"정부는 약물 중독자를 위한 재활 프로그램을 늘리고 있다."
ヤク中
Transliteration: yakuchū
Script: 薬中
"薬物依存症の治療には専門的な支援が必要です。"
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