Me ha dado el bajón

Me ha dado el bajón
 

Colloquial way so say, I feel less energetic or sth like that. how can we say it in English?

After noon drain? (not afternoon) but it could be "afternoon fatigue"

Which verb do we use?

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"

Another possibility is "I feel under the weather".

I always thought it meant: I thought I was going to faint.

What a drag?

Mmm...
Para mí "what a drag" es más como "vaya rollo" "¡qué rollo!" "¡qué pelmazo!"

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!")

Sí, en realidad... :wicked:

@chileno... :D

I like
I feel out of it
I feel wiped out
(As an expression, mind you!) (I usually like it when I am full of pep!) :D

Thanks guys. I have heard después de oir lo que dijo sufrí un bajón.
I now should interpret it as a chasco.

Yes. That's the one is used most. :)

Wait a minute....are you asking about "bajon" as a temporary, all of a sudden feeling that most of us get around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, or are you asking about a longer term feeling?

For example,

- Hoy, despues de la reunion con el jefe me dió un bajón, pero gracias al té que bebí me siento como nuevo ahora.
-----after noon drain, dragging your feet, etc.

------------------------------OR do you mean-------------------------

-Después que rompí mi compromiso con mi novia, me dió un bajón por un año que casi me muero.
--------depression, feeling blue, down in the dumps, etc.

:thinking:

The first one.

'afternoon slump'
is the way I say 'afternoon drain'.

That's what I say, too.

Yup, that is about the sixth hour Latin hour... i.e., time for a siesta...

(Actually the "sexta" is midday in Latin... and it's the derivation for "siesta", but nowadays this normally would be at about 3 to 4 p.m.)

Dar el bajón :

When the effects of a drug are starting to dissapear , mostly said when talking about cocaine or meth.

Also : " Me esta dando el bajón" , " me viene el bajón "

It happens to me everyday about 13:00 , because I've working since 6:00 A.M. .So I say this , because my energy is starting to drain out. Then , my workmate and I usually have some coffee. This is something we say on a daily basis.

I think "dar el bajón" is more an emotional felling. For example: Yo had a girlfriend some time ago and she went away. One day you are driving your car and listen on the radio a song that makes you remember your girlfriend. It seems now you feel sad and feel less positive than 5 minutes ago.......so you say......."me ha dado el bajón".

Another example: you are expecting for a phone call. You don´t know if you passed the exam. Your friend told you he was going to the university and told you when he arrived there he´d call you to say if you´d passed or not. You feel so nervous because you studied a lot and you´re pretty sure you´ve pass the exam. You feel very positive. At last he calls and says: I´m sorry you didn´t pass the exam. You feel ........disenchantment, disillusionment, dissappointment, let down "Te da el bajón" o "estás de bajón"