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'bedləm((a place of) noise, confusion or uproar: Their house is bedlam.) manicomio, gallinerotr['bedləm]1 (confusion) alboroto, jaleo2 dated manicomiobedlam ['bɛdləm] n: locura f, caos m, alboroto mn.• confusión s.f.• ginebra s.f.• manicomio s.m.'bedləmmass noun (colloq)there was bedlam when he announced the news — se armó la de San Quintín cuando anunció la noticia (fam)
it was bedlam in there! — aquello era una locura or (fam) un loquero
['bedlǝm]N1) (=uproar) alboroto m2) (Hist) (=asylum) manicomio m* * *['bedləm]mass noun (colloq)there was bedlam when he announced the news — se armó la de San Quintín cuando anunció la noticia (fam)
it was bedlam in there! — aquello era una locura or (fam) un loquero
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