a drunkard
Ce type est un ivrogne, il la battait !
This guy is a drunk, he was beating her!
— Central do Brasil (1998)
Il frappa un ivrogne de son bâton.
He hit a drunkard with his stick.
Un ivrogne le renverse, et personne ne le poursuit ?
A drunk knocks him over, and no one goes after him?
— Aquarius (2016)
I'm not a drunkard.
On ne peut raisonner avec un ivrogne.
You can't reason with a drunk.
L'homme sobre qui a le nez rouge passe pour un ivrogne.
The sober man with the red nose is taken for a drunkard.
A drunk robbed me.