hallucinate

Can I say this?
'You hallucinate' = 'you 're derillious'

you're hallucinating

in what context? because delirious can also be applied to happiness, but not hallucination.

to hallucinate
v : perceive what is not there; have illusions



delirious
adj 1: experiencing delirium [syn: hallucinating] 2: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained]



You can say "You're delirious" - but it doesn't mean the exact same thing as To hallucinate. Hallucination comes from drugs, hypothermia, dehydration etc..You think things which are not really there.



To be delirious means you are "blinded" by excitement, like the Italians were on Sunday 👁 Wink ;)
However, it could mean that you are seeing things which are not there.

"You are hallucinating" would be a better equivalent of "you're delirious"

"You hallucinate" is more a statement of an on-going, recurrent, condition.