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Translation of ecstasy in Spanish:

ecstasy

éxtasis, n.

Pronunciation /ˈɛkstəsi/

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nounplural ecstasies

  • 1

    (state)
    éxtasis masculine
    he was in an ecstasy of joy — se hallaba transportado de alegría
    • she was in ecstasy / (British also) ecstasies over Jane's new baby — estaba embelesada con el bebé de Jane
    • he goes into ecstasy / (British also) ecstasies over her poetry — se extasia cuando se pone a hablar de su poesía
    • Stigmatics often receive religious visions or ecstasies, having visions of Christ and various saints, and also ‘re-living’ or seeing parts of Christ's passion and sharing in his suffering.
    • The Book of Margery Kempe, the spiritual autobiography of the wife of a Lynn burgess, exemplified the virtues which lay men and women sought, and the revelations, visions, and ecstasies by which they came to possess them.
    • He combined a Catholic devotion to the sacraments of the Church with a Pentecostal welcoming of healings, ecstasies and Low Church spontaneity.
    • Her afflictions, visions, and ecstasies began to spread her fame on the winds of the Catholic Awakening movement that was gaining force at the time.
    • Spiritual ecstasy must not come at the cost of dignity.
    • At that moment, I closed my eyes, every feeling of happiness and ecstasy going through me immediately.
    • While continentals swoon with ecstasy over white asparagus, it is the green spears we crave.
    • Community Planning is in ecstasy over the spending increases they can expect from the new council.
    • That weird feeling of ecstasy overwhelmed her and her mind became foggy for a moment.
    • As you filed out of the stadium that night the sense of ecstasy and optimism was almost overwhelming.
    • For a few minutes he felt pure joy and ecstasy even though his fate told a much different story.
    • As the song and the dance went on their hearts were filled with ecstasy and tears of joy flowed from their eyes.
    • When the hymns started, Jimmy's expression changed to one of ecstasy and transport.
    • There is a freedom, thrill and ecstasy associated with being employed which is indescribable.
    • The temptation to let the heady ecstasy of power get the better of you is self-evident.
    • But what had me really sighing with ecstasy was the yam and meat hotpot.
    • It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy.
    • The last two races were auction races with serious betting creating ecstasy.
    • A news photographer took a picture of a man waving a flag in ecstasy, which was published on the front page.
    • Look at the canvass after a couple of days when he is through and you wouldn't help uttering sighs of ecstasy.
    • The two seconds of palpable ecstasy dissipates to a sudden realization that the action is over.
    • We look at each other, and I notice there are tears in his eyes from sheer ecstasy.
    • Throwing my head back at the sheer ecstasy of being alive, I howled at the moon.
    • His body twitched from the sheer ecstasy of it all.
    • The day I discovered that someone had linked to my blog, I experienced the ultimate ecstasy.

  • 2

    (drug)
    éxtasis masculine
    • The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses.
    • Initially, the autopsy results indicated that his internal injuries were thought to be from ingesting liquid ecstasy.
    • Last year he was in court again on charges of conspiring to supply ecstasy and amphetamines.
    • A hit or two of ecstasy might cause more than just an overwhelming desire to dance the night away.
    • Police arrested him and found a tablet of ecstasy in his pocket.