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Old November 13, 2012, 01:04 PM
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Me ha dado el bajón

Colloquial way so say, I feel less energetic or sth like that. how can we say it in English?
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After noon drain? (not afternoon) but it could be "afternoon fatigue"
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Old November 13, 2012, 01:37 PM
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Which verb do we use?
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Old November 13, 2012, 01:43 PM
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Oxford gives,

b (de ánimo) depression; en los últimos meses ha dado un bajón he’s gone downhill in the last few months
c (de salud): ya estaba mejor y de pronto dio un bajón tremendo she was getting better when suddenly she took a turn for the worse

If I say, "me ha dado un bajón" I probably could say "I feel run-down or low"
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Another possibility is "I feel under the weather".
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I always thought it meant: I thought I was going to faint.
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What a drag?
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Mmm...
Para mí "what a drag" es más como "vaya rollo" "¡qué rollo!" "¡qué pelmazo!"
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I got the blahs
My adrenaline's coming down
My get-up-and-go has got up and left
I feel out of it
I feel wiped out
I feel down in the dumps

(Careful about the last one: there was once a woman who liked to wear the most outlandish-looking hats, and told her friend "Whenever I get down in the dumps I get myself a new hat," to which her friend replied "I was wondering where you found those hats!")
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Mmm...
Para mí "what a drag" es más como "vaya rollo" "¡qué rollo!" "¡qué pelmazo!"
Sí, en realidad...
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