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ardĕo, ēre, arsi, arsum    - intr., qqf. tr. -    - part. fut. arsurus Virg. En. 11, 77; Tib. 1, 1, 61; Ov. M. 2, 245; Liv. 25, 24, 14, etc. --- part. pass. arsus, Plin.-Val. 2, 9 --- parf. arduerint Cil. 6, 2107. [st1]1 [-] être enflammé, être brûlé, être en feu.    - ardet bello Syria, Cic.: la Syrie est en feu.    - ardentes faces, Cic. Tusc. 5, 76: torches en feu.    - domus ardebat Cic. Dom. 62: la maison brûlait.    - ardet Ucalegon, Virg. En. 2, 311: Ucalégon [le palais d'Ucalégon] est en feu.    - ardentes laminae, Cic. Verr. 5, 163: lames de fer rougies.    - caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti, Cic. Div. 1, 121: [on raconte] que la tête de Servius Tullius, pendant qu'il dormait, fut entourée de flammes. [st1]2 [-] briller, étinceler, resplendir.    - campi armis ardent, Virg. En. 11, 602: la plaine flamboie de l'éclat des armes.    - ardet apex capiti, Virg. En. 10, 270: le cimier étincelle sur sa tête.    - ardebant oculi, Cic. Verr. 5, 161: ses yeux étincelaient (flamboyaient). [st1]3 [-] être consumé, être dévoré, être tourmenté, souffrir violemment.    - ardebat Domitianus et crudelitatis et iniquitatis infamiā, Plin. Ep. 4: Domitien était tourmenté par l'infamie que lui valaient sa cruauté et son injustice.    - podagrae doloribus ardere, Cic. Fin. 5, 94: être tourmenté par les douleurs de la goutte. [st1]4 [-] brûler (d'une passion), être transporté par un sentiment violent, être enflammé; brûler d'amour.    - ardere Galliam, Caes. BG. 5, 29, 4: [il disait] que la Gaule était en feu [que les passions étaient allumées en Gaule].    - ut non solum incendere judicem, sed ipse ardere videaris, Cic. de Or. 2, 188: tellement que tu parais non seulement enflammer les juges, mais être toi-même embrasé du même feu.    - cupiditate libertatis ardere, Cic. Phil. 10, 14: brûler du désir de la liberté.    - odio ardere, Cic. Phil. 4, 4: brûler de haine.    - dolore, irā ardere, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5: être transporté de dépit, de colère.    - mais ardere invidiā, Cic. de Or. 3, 8; Liv. 5, 11, 4: être la proie (être en butte) à la haine, à la malveillance.    - ardere infamiā, Plin. 4, 11, 4: être en butte à la réprobation.    - arsit Atrides virgine raptā, Hor. O. 2, 4, 7: le fils d'Atrée brûla pour une vierge prisonnière.    - ardere in virgine, Ov. M. 9, 725: brûler pour une vierge.    - avec ad + gérongif animi ad ulciscendum ardebant, Caes. BG. 6, 34, 7: les esprits brûlaient de se venger.    - avec inf. persequi Jugurtham animo ardebat, Sall. J. 39, 5: il brûlait de poursuivre Jugurtha.    - ardet in arma, Virg. En. 12, 71: il brûle de combattre.    - avec acc. Corydon ardebat Alexin, Virg. B, 2, 1: Corydon brûlait d'amour pour Alexis.    - arsisti aliam, Virg.: tu as brûlé pour une autre.    - Thestylon Aulus amat sed nec minus ardet Alexin, Mart. 8, 63: Aulus aime Thestyle et n'en brûle pas moins pour Alexis.    - cf. Hor. O. 4, 9, 13; Gell. 6, 8, 3. [st1]5 [-] abs. s'enflammer, se déchaîner, être à son paroxysme.    - ardet ambitus, Cic.: la brigue se déchaîne, la brigue est à son paroxysme.    - cum arderet acerrime conjuratio, Cic. Sull. 53: alors que la conjuration était dans son feu le plus vif.    - cum maxime furor arderet Antoni, Phil. 3, 3: alors que la démence d'Antoine était à son paroxysme.    - omnium in illum odia civium ardebant desiderio mei, Cic. Mil. 39: la haine de tous les citoyens était allumée contre lui par le regret de mon absence.    - dolor ossibus ardet, Virg. En. 9, 65: le dépit porte son feu jusque dans la moelle de ses os. ardĕo, ēre, arsi, arsum    - intr., qqf. tr. -    - part. fut. arsurus Virg. En. 11, 77; Tib. 1, 1, 61; Ov. M. 2, 245; Liv. 25, 24, 14, etc. --- part. pass. arsus, Plin.-Val. 2, 9 --- parf. arduerint Cil. 6, 2107. [st1]1 [-] être enflammé, être brûlé, être en feu.    - ardet bello Syria, Cic.: la Syrie est en feu.    - ardentes faces, Cic. Tusc. 5, 76: torches en feu.    - domus ardebat Cic. Dom. 62: la maison brûlait.    - ardet Ucalegon, Virg. En. 2, 311: Ucalégon [le palais d'Ucalégon] est en feu.    - ardentes laminae, Cic. Verr. 5, 163: lames de fer rougies.    - caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti, Cic. Div. 1, 121: [on raconte] que la tête de Servius Tullius, pendant qu'il dormait, fut entourée de flammes. [st1]2 [-] briller, étinceler, resplendir.    - campi armis ardent, Virg. En. 11, 602: la plaine flamboie de l'éclat des armes.    - ardet apex capiti, Virg. En. 10, 270: le cimier étincelle sur sa tête.    - ardebant oculi, Cic. Verr. 5, 161: ses yeux étincelaient (flamboyaient). [st1]3 [-] être consumé, être dévoré, être tourmenté, souffrir violemment.    - ardebat Domitianus et crudelitatis et iniquitatis infamiā, Plin. Ep. 4: Domitien était tourmenté par l'infamie que lui valaient sa cruauté et son injustice.    - podagrae doloribus ardere, Cic. Fin. 5, 94: être tourmenté par les douleurs de la goutte. [st1]4 [-] brûler (d'une passion), être transporté par un sentiment violent, être enflammé; brûler d'amour.    - ardere Galliam, Caes. BG. 5, 29, 4: [il disait] que la Gaule était en feu [que les passions étaient allumées en Gaule].    - ut non solum incendere judicem, sed ipse ardere videaris, Cic. de Or. 2, 188: tellement que tu parais non seulement enflammer les juges, mais être toi-même embrasé du même feu.    - cupiditate libertatis ardere, Cic. Phil. 10, 14: brûler du désir de la liberté.    - odio ardere, Cic. Phil. 4, 4: brûler de haine.    - dolore, irā ardere, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5: être transporté de dépit, de colère.    - mais ardere invidiā, Cic. de Or. 3, 8; Liv. 5, 11, 4: être la proie (être en butte) à la haine, à la malveillance.    - ardere infamiā, Plin. 4, 11, 4: être en butte à la réprobation.    - arsit Atrides virgine raptā, Hor. O. 2, 4, 7: le fils d'Atrée brûla pour une vierge prisonnière.    - ardere in virgine, Ov. M. 9, 725: brûler pour une vierge.    - avec ad + gérongif animi ad ulciscendum ardebant, Caes. BG. 6, 34, 7: les esprits brûlaient de se venger.    - avec inf. persequi Jugurtham animo ardebat, Sall. J. 39, 5: il brûlait de poursuivre Jugurtha.    - ardet in arma, Virg. En. 12, 71: il brûle de combattre.    - avec acc. Corydon ardebat Alexin, Virg. B, 2, 1: Corydon brûlait d'amour pour Alexis.    - arsisti aliam, Virg.: tu as brûlé pour une autre.    - Thestylon Aulus amat sed nec minus ardet Alexin, Mart. 8, 63: Aulus aime Thestyle et n'en brûle pas moins pour Alexis.    - cf. Hor. O. 4, 9, 13; Gell. 6, 8, 3. [st1]5 [-] abs. s'enflammer, se déchaîner, être à son paroxysme.    - ardet ambitus, Cic.: la brigue se déchaîne, la brigue est à son paroxysme.    - cum arderet acerrime conjuratio, Cic. Sull. 53: alors que la conjuration était dans son feu le plus vif.    - cum maxime furor arderet Antoni, Phil. 3, 3: alors que la démence d'Antoine était à son paroxysme.    - omnium in illum odia civium ardebant desiderio mei, Cic. Mil. 39: la haine de tous les citoyens était allumée contre lui par le regret de mon absence.    - dolor ossibus ardet, Virg. En. 9, 65: le dépit porte son feu jusque dans la moelle de ses os.

cĭtātus, a, um part.-adj. de cito. --- lancé, agité, secoué, ayant une marche rapide, d’une allure vive.    - vultus citatus irā, Sen.: visage troublé par la colère.    - citatissimo agmine, Liv. 22, 6: à marches forcées.    - equo citato Larisam contendit, Caes. BC. 3, 96, 3: à toute bride, il se rendit à Larissa.    - soni citati, Gell. 1, 11, 15: accords d'un mouvement vif.    - imbribus continuis citatior solito amnis Liv. 23, 19, 11, le fleuve ayant un courant plus rapide que d’ordinaire par suite des pluies continuelles.    - Rhenus per fines Treverorum citatus fertur, Caes. BG. 4, 10, 3: le Rhin a un cours rapide en traversant le pays des Trévires.    - ferunt citati signa, Liv. 41, 3, 8: ils portent à vive allure les enseignes en avant.    - quam citatissimo poterant agmine, Liv. 22, 6, 10: le plus rapidement possible (en accélérant le plus possible la marche).    - citato gradu, Liv. 28,14,17: au pas de course.    - equo citato, Caes. BC. 3, 96, 3: à bride abattue, de toute la vitesse de son cheval.    - pronuntiatio citata (contr. pressa), Quint. 11, 3, 111: débit rapide.    - Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit, Quint. 11, 3, 111: Roscius avait dans son jeu plus de vivacité, Esope plus de gravité.    - argumenta acria et citata, Quint. 9, 4, 135: argumentation vive et pressante.    - pulsus citatus: pouls précipité. --- Plin. 11, 119.    - citatus alvus: ventre trop libre, relâché. --- Plin. 7, 63. cĭtātus, a, um part.-adj. de cito. --- lancé, agité, secoué, ayant une marche rapide, d’une allure vive.    - vultus citatus irā, Sen.: visage troublé par la colère.    - citatissimo agmine, Liv. 22, 6: à marches forcées.    - equo citato Larisam contendit, Caes. BC. 3, 96, 3: à toute bride, il se rendit à Larissa.    - soni citati, Gell. 1, 11, 15: accords d'un mouvement vif.    - imbribus continuis citatior solito amnis Liv. 23, 19, 11, le fleuve ayant un courant plus rapide que d’ordinaire par suite des pluies continuelles.    - Rhenus per fines Treverorum citatus fertur, Caes. BG. 4, 10, 3: le Rhin a un cours rapide en traversant le pays des Trévires.    - ferunt citati signa, Liv. 41, 3, 8: ils portent à vive allure les enseignes en avant.    - quam citatissimo poterant agmine, Liv. 22, 6, 10: le plus rapidement possible (en accélérant le plus possible la marche).    - citato gradu, Liv. 28,14,17: au pas de course.    - equo citato, Caes. BC. 3, 96, 3: à bride abattue, de toute la vitesse de son cheval.    - pronuntiatio citata (contr. pressa), Quint. 11, 3, 111: débit rapide.    - Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit, Quint. 11, 3, 111: Roscius avait dans son jeu plus de vivacité, Esope plus de gravité.    - argumenta acria et citata, Quint. 9, 4, 135: argumentation vive et pressante.    - pulsus citatus: pouls précipité. --- Plin. 11, 119.    - citatus alvus: ventre trop libre, relâché. --- Plin. 7, 63.

condīco, ĕre, dīxi, dictum - tr. et intr. - [st2]1 [-] convenir de, prendre un engagement, s'engager à, s'engager réciproquement. [st2]2 [-] s'accorder à dire, dire d'un commun accord, être du même avis. [st2]3 [-] annoncer; s'annoncer, s'inviter à dîner. [st2]4 [-] réclamer en justice.    - alicui cenam condicere, Suet. Tib. 42: prévenir qqn qu'on ira dîner chez lui.    - ad cenam aliquo condicam foras, Plaut. Men. 1.2.16: je vais m'inviter à dîner quelque part en ville.    - condicere inducias, Just. 3, 7, 14: convenir d'une trêve.    - condicere locum coeundi, Just. 15, 2, 16: convenir du lieu où l'on se réunira.    - condicere ut...: convenir que..., convenir de... condīco, ĕre, dīxi, dictum - tr. et intr. - [st2]1 [-] convenir de, prendre un engagement, s'engager à, s'engager réciproquement. [st2]2 [-] s'accorder à dire, dire d'un commun accord, être du même avis. [st2]3 [-] annoncer; s'annoncer, s'inviter à dîner. [st2]4 [-] réclamer en justice.    - alicui cenam condicere, Suet. Tib. 42: prévenir qqn qu'on ira dîner chez lui.    - ad cenam aliquo condicam foras, Plaut. Men. 1.2.16: je vais m'inviter à dîner quelque part en ville.    - condicere inducias, Just. 3, 7, 14: convenir d'une trêve.    - condicere locum coeundi, Just. 15, 2, 16: convenir du lieu où l'on se réunira.    - condicere ut...: convenir que..., convenir de...

intercēdo, ĕre, cessi, cessum, intr. [st1]1 [-] venir entre, être dans l'intervalle, intervenir (comme obstacle), interrompre.    - intercedente lunā, Plin. 2, 49: la lune s'interposant (entre le soleil et la terre).    - palus perpetua intercedebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: un marais couvrait tout l'espace intermédiaire.    - inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnus numerus intercedit, Caes. BG. 2, 17, 2: les légions sont séparées les unes des autres par le grand nombre de leurs bagages respectifs.    - prata, intercedente viā publicā, Plin. 2, 83: les prairies coupées par la route.    - intercessit Favorinus, Gell.: Favorinus l'interrompit. [st1]2 [-] faire opposition (légalement); s'opposer, faire obstacle à.    - intercedere alicui, Cic. Leg. 3, 18: faire opposition à qqn.    - rogationi intercedere, Cic. de Or. 2, 197: s’opposer à un projet de loi.    - jus intercedendi, Varr.: droit d'opposition, droit de veto.    - non intercedere alicui quominus, Liv. 38, 60, 3: ne pas empêcher par son veto qqn de.    - intercedere imaginibus, Tac.: proscrire les images.    - intercedere casibus, Plin.: corriger les hasard.    - lex qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit, Cic. Prov. 17: la loi d'après laquelle il ne pourra être fait d'opposition au sujet de l'attribution des provinces. [st1]3 [-] venir pendant, survenir, se joindre à.    - huc si quis intercedat tertius, Plaut. Most. 5.1.56: s'il nous arrivait un tiers.    - magni casus intercedunt, Caes. BC. 1, 21, 2, de grands événements surviennent.    - inter bellorum curas intercessit res... Liv. 34, 1, 1: au milieu des préoccupations causées par les guerres survint un incident...    - contractus intercedit, Dig.: un contrat intervient.    - ira inter eas intercessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25: il est survenu entre elles une brouille.    - nullum meum minimum dictum pro Caesare intercessit, Cic. Fam. 1, 9: je n'ai pas dit le moindre mot en faveur de César. [st1]4 [-] s'écouler entre, exister entre, subsister.    - nullum intercedebat tempus quin: il ne s’écoulait pas un moment sans que.    - annus intercesserat ab hoc sermone... Cic.: une année après ce discours...    - nullus dies intercessit quin... Nep.: un jour ne se passa pas sans que...    - inter nos vetus usus intercedit, Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1: une vieille amitié s'est établie entre nous.    - necessitudinem sibi nihilo minorem cum Caesare intercedere, Caes. BC. 2, 17, 2: (Varron disait) que des liens d'amitié non moindres existaient entre lui et César.    - huic paternum hospitium cum Pompeio intercedebat, Caes. BC. 2, 25, 4: des liens d'amitié, qu'il tenait de son père, existaient entre lui et Pompée.    - mihi inimicitiae cum eo intercedunt, Cic. Cael. 32: il existe de l'inimitié entre lui et moi. [st1]5 [-] intervenir (comme médiateur), intercéder.    - qui intercessuri sunt, Aug.: ceux qui doivent être les intercesseurs. [st1]6 [-] intervenir (comme répondant), cautionner; - tr. - donner comme caution.    - intercedere pro aliquo, Cic. Phil. 2, 45: répondre pour qqn, cautionner qqn.    - pro aliquo magnam pecuniam intercedere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5: cautionner qqn pour une grosse somme. intercēdo, ĕre, cessi, cessum, intr. [st1]1 [-] venir entre, être dans l'intervalle, intervenir (comme obstacle), interrompre.    - intercedente lunā, Plin. 2, 49: la lune s'interposant (entre le soleil et la terre).    - palus perpetua intercedebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: un marais couvrait tout l'espace intermédiaire.    - inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnus numerus intercedit, Caes. BG. 2, 17, 2: les légions sont séparées les unes des autres par le grand nombre de leurs bagages respectifs.    - prata, intercedente viā publicā, Plin. 2, 83: les prairies coupées par la route.    - intercessit Favorinus, Gell.: Favorinus l'interrompit. [st1]2 [-] faire opposition (légalement); s'opposer, faire obstacle à.    - intercedere alicui, Cic. Leg. 3, 18: faire opposition à qqn.    - rogationi intercedere, Cic. de Or. 2, 197: s’opposer à un projet de loi.    - jus intercedendi, Varr.: droit d'opposition, droit de veto.    - non intercedere alicui quominus, Liv. 38, 60, 3: ne pas empêcher par son veto qqn de.    - intercedere imaginibus, Tac.: proscrire les images.    - intercedere casibus, Plin.: corriger les hasard.    - lex qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit, Cic. Prov. 17: la loi d'après laquelle il ne pourra être fait d'opposition au sujet de l'attribution des provinces. [st1]3 [-] venir pendant, survenir, se joindre à.    - huc si quis intercedat tertius, Plaut. Most. 5.1.56: s'il nous arrivait un tiers.    - magni casus intercedunt, Caes. BC. 1, 21, 2, de grands événements surviennent.    - inter bellorum curas intercessit res... Liv. 34, 1, 1: au milieu des préoccupations causées par les guerres survint un incident...    - contractus intercedit, Dig.: un contrat intervient.    - ira inter eas intercessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25: il est survenu entre elles une brouille.    - nullum meum minimum dictum pro Caesare intercessit, Cic. Fam. 1, 9: je n'ai pas dit le moindre mot en faveur de César. [st1]4 [-] s'écouler entre, exister entre, subsister.    - nullum intercedebat tempus quin: il ne s’écoulait pas un moment sans que.    - annus intercesserat ab hoc sermone... Cic.: une année après ce discours...    - nullus dies intercessit quin... Nep.: un jour ne se passa pas sans que...    - inter nos vetus usus intercedit, Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1: une vieille amitié s'est établie entre nous.    - necessitudinem sibi nihilo minorem cum Caesare intercedere, Caes. BC. 2, 17, 2: (Varron disait) que des liens d'amitié non moindres existaient entre lui et César.    - huic paternum hospitium cum Pompeio intercedebat, Caes. BC. 2, 25, 4: des liens d'amitié, qu'il tenait de son père, existaient entre lui et Pompée.    - mihi inimicitiae cum eo intercedunt, Cic. Cael. 32: il existe de l'inimitié entre lui et moi. [st1]5 [-] intervenir (comme médiateur), intercéder.    - qui intercessuri sunt, Aug.: ceux qui doivent être les intercesseurs. [st1]6 [-] intervenir (comme répondant), cautionner; - tr. - donner comme caution.    - intercedere pro aliquo, Cic. Phil. 2, 45: répondre pour qqn, cautionner qqn.    - pro aliquo magnam pecuniam intercedere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5: cautionner qqn pour une grosse somme.

[st1]1 [-] adj. abl. m. n. de quantus: aussi grand que, combien grand. [st1]2 [-] adv. inter.-exclam.: combien? de combien?    - quanto facilius erat dicere verum: combien il était plus facile de dire la vérité!    - docui quanto homo anteiret omnes animantes, Cic.: j'ai montré combien l'homme était supérieur à tous les animaux.    - quanto levior est acclamatio! Cic. Rab. perd. 18: combien les acclamations sont plus faibles!    - quanto praestat...!: combien il vaut mieux...! [st1]3 [-] adv. relatif: d'autant que, plus... plus...    - quanto + compar.... tanto + compar.: plus... plus...    - quanto res difficilior, tanto major est gloria: plus l'entreprise est difficile, plus la gloire est grande.    - quanto magis... quanto magis...: plus... plus...    - quanto (avec ellipse de tanto), Liv. Col.: d'autant plus que    - tanto præstitit, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat... Nep. Han. 1, 1: il l'emporta autant... que le peuple romain devançait...    - quanto diutius considero, tanto mihi res videtur obscurior, Cic. Nat. 1, 60: plus je réfléchis longuement, plus la chose me paraît obscure. --- cf. Cic. Mil. 25 ; Caes. BG. 5, 44 11.    - [rare] quanto jure potentior intercessio erat, tantum... Liv. 6, 38, 5, autant l'opposition avait l'avantage sous le rapport du droit, autant...    - [rare] quanto magis tranquilla omnia foris erant, tanto miseriæ plebis crescebant, Liv. 6, 34, 1: plus la tranquillité était grande partout à l'extérieur, plus la misère du peuple allait en croissant.    - [rare] quanto major (ira), hoc effervescit manifestius, Sen. Ir. 1, 1, 5: plus (la colère) est grande, plus elle laisse voir ses bouillonnements.    - [rare] quanto quis clarior, minus fidus, Tac. H. 3, 58: plus une personne était éminente, moins elle inspirait confiance.    - cf. Tac. H. 1, 88; 3, 18; An. 2, 62; 13, 13.    - ceteri, quanto quis servitio promptior, honoribus extollebantur, Tac. An. 1, 2: les autres, en proportion de leur promptitude respective à servir, s'élevaient en dignités. --- cf. Tac. An 6, 26.    - [rare] quanto quis audaciā promptus, tanto magis fidus habetur, Tac. An. 1, 57: autant on a la promptitude dans l'audace, autant on inspire davantage la confiance. --- cf. Tac. An. 1, 68; 3,46, etc.    - [tour inverse tanto + compar., quanto sans compar.] Tac. An. 3, 5; 4, 84; 6, 45. [st1]1 [-] adj. abl. m. n. de quantus: aussi grand que, combien grand. [st1]2 [-] adv. inter.-exclam.: combien? de combien?    - quanto facilius erat dicere verum: combien il était plus facile de dire la vérité!    - docui quanto homo anteiret omnes animantes, Cic.: j'ai montré combien l'homme était supérieur à tous les animaux.    - quanto levior est acclamatio! Cic. Rab. perd. 18: combien les acclamations sont plus faibles!    - quanto praestat...!: combien il vaut mieux...! [st1]3 [-] adv. relatif: d'autant que, plus... plus...    - quanto + compar.... tanto + compar.: plus... plus...    - quanto res difficilior, tanto major est gloria: plus l'entreprise est difficile, plus la gloire est grande.    - quanto magis... quanto magis...: plus... plus...    - quanto (avec ellipse de tanto), Liv. Col.: d'autant plus que    - tanto præstitit, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat... Nep. Han. 1, 1: il l'emporta autant... que le peuple romain devançait...    - quanto diutius considero, tanto mihi res videtur obscurior, Cic. Nat. 1, 60: plus je réfléchis longuement, plus la chose me paraît obscure. --- cf. Cic. Mil. 25 ; Caes. BG. 5, 44 11.    - [rare] quanto jure potentior intercessio erat, tantum... Liv. 6, 38, 5, autant l'opposition avait l'avantage sous le rapport du droit, autant...    - [rare] quanto magis tranquilla omnia foris erant, tanto miseriæ plebis crescebant, Liv. 6, 34, 1: plus la tranquillité était grande partout à l'extérieur, plus la misère du peuple allait en croissant.    - [rare] quanto major (ira), hoc effervescit manifestius, Sen. Ir. 1, 1, 5: plus (la colère) est grande, plus elle laisse voir ses bouillonnements.    - [rare] quanto quis clarior, minus fidus, Tac. H. 3, 58: plus une personne était éminente, moins elle inspirait confiance.    - cf. Tac. H. 1, 88; 3, 18; An. 2, 62; 13, 13.    - ceteri, quanto quis servitio promptior, honoribus extollebantur, Tac. An. 1, 2: les autres, en proportion de leur promptitude respective à servir, s'élevaient en dignités. --- cf. Tac. An 6, 26.    - [rare] quanto quis audaciā promptus, tanto magis fidus habetur, Tac. An. 1, 57: autant on a la promptitude dans l'audace, autant on inspire davantage la confiance. --- cf. Tac. An. 1, 68; 3,46, etc.    - [tour inverse tanto + compar., quanto sans compar.] Tac. An. 3, 5; 4, 84; 6, 45.

Ex: Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.

Ex: Contributing to the problem are the harsh desert environment, & a society based on patriarchy, in which a code of honor, esprit de corps, & bravery takes precedence over intelligence & culture.

* dar coraje = peeve.

* echar coraje = pluck up + courage, gather up + courage.

* falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

 

coraje sustantivo masculino



coraje sustantivo masculino
1 (entereza) courage
2 (rabia) anger: me da coraje oír esas cosas, it infuriates me when I hear that kind of thing
' coraje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
saña
- temple
- valiente
- ánimo
- timidez
- tímido
- valor
English:
courage
- gumption
- nerve
- spunk
- daring

1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

Ex: This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.

Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex: The indexing languages used in science and technology were first in the field, and still preponderate, both in areas covered and in number.

Ex: E-Books, while a curiosity and a lot of fun, do not seem to be overtaking the mass market.

Ex: In this sense the British Council libraries may be seen as a window, overlooking the British Isles, their virtues and characteristics.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.

Ex: I strongly believe that we must cultivate a more positive attitude towards change in the field of library work, and that this attitude must pervade all levels of librarianship.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: Despite the electronics invasion, books are still king, and book fairs keeps on growing every year.

Ex: She argues that the way yeoman farmers lorded over their wives and dependents was similar to the way wealthy planters lorded over their slaves.

Ex: They believe that the main use for government is for some people to lord it over others at their expense.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

* dominar a Alguien = have + Nombre + under + Posesivo + thumb, bring + Nombre + under + Posesivo + sway.

* dominar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.

* dominar la situación = tame + the beast.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* dominar una destreza = master + skill.

* dominar una técnica = master + technique.

 

dominar ( conjugate dominar) verbo transitivo

‹pasión/cólera› to control;
‹vehículo/caballo› to control;


‹tema/asignatura› to know … very well


verbo intransitivo [color/tendencia] to predominate;
[ opinión] to prevail;
[ equipo] to dominate
dominarse verbo pronominal [ persona] to restrain o control oneself
dominar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un pueblo, país) to dominate, rule
2 (contener, controlar) to control
3 (conocer perfectamente: un idioma) to speak very well
(: un asunto, una actividad) to master
4 (con la vista) to overlook
II verbo intransitivo
1 to dominate
2 (un color, una característica) to stand out
' dominar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarcar
- imperar
- imponerse
- vencer
- conocer
- dejar
- reducir
- someter
- sujetar
English:
control
- curb
- dominate
- hold down
- master
- overpower
- pervade
- restrain
- subdue
- sway
- tower
- over
- rule
[persona, caballo] to control; [emociones, nervios] to control, to keep under control; [situación] to be in control of; [incendio, epidemia] to bring under control; [rebelión] to put down; [partido] to dominate; [lengua] to be fluent in; [predominar] to predominate;

1. (f. - loca)

adj.

crazy, mad

- volverse loco

2. (f. - loca)

noun

crazy person

* * *

loco, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=no cuerdo) mad, crazy

¿estás loco? — are you mad o crazy?

no seas loco, eso es muy arriesgado — don't be stupid, that's very risky

una brújula loca — a compass whose needle no longer points north

estaba loco de alegría — he was mad o wild with joy

• andar o estar loco con algo — (=preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (=contento) to be crazy about sth

ando loco con el examen — the exam is driving me crazy

está loca con su moto nueva — she's crazy about her new motorbike

• está loco por algn/algo, está loco por esa chica — he's mad o crazy about that girl

anda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra — she's mad keen to go to England

• tener o traer loco a algn, este asunto me tiene o trae loco — this business is driving me crazy

• volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad, drive sb round the bend

el marisco me vuelve loco — I'm crazy about seafood

• volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

estoy para volverme loco — I'm at my wits' end

este caos es para volverse loco — this is absolute chaos

- estar loco de atar o de remate

- estar más loco que una cabra

- no lo hago ni loco

- hacer algo a lo loco

- loco de verano

2) (=frenético) hectic

hoy he tenido un día loco — I've had a really hectic day today

3) * (=enorme)

llevo una prisa loca — I'm in a tremendous o real rush *

he tenido una suerte loca — I've been fantastically lucky *

2.

SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

el loco de César se ha comprado otro coche — that lunatic o madman César has bought another car

esta es una casa de locos — this place is a madhouse

• correr como un loco — to run like mad

• gritar como un loco — to shout like a madman, shout one's head off

• hacerse el loco — to act the fool

• es un loco perdido — he's stark raving mad

• ponerse como un loco — to start acting like a madman/madwoman

- cada loco con su tema

3.

SM Chile abalone, false abalone

* * *

I

- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco — there's no way I'd do that

¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

volver loco a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)

está loco por volver — he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

anda (como) loco con los preparativos — the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

tengo unas ganas locas de verla — I'm dying to see her (colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love

II

- ca masculino, femenino

1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

gritaba como una loca — she was shouting her head off (colloq)

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex. It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.

Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex. Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.

Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

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* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.

* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

* ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.

* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).

* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* * *

I

- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco — there's no way I'd do that

¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

volver loco a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)

está loco por volver — he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

anda (como) loco con los preparativos — the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

tengo unas ganas locas de verla — I'm dying to see her (colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love

II

- ca masculino, femenino

1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

gritaba como una loca — she was shouting her head off (colloq)

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

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= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.

Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.

Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.

* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

* ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.

* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).

* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* * *

loco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane

2 (chiflado) crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq), mad ( BrE colloq)

este tipo está medio loco ( fam); this guy's not all there ( colloq), this guy's a bit cracked ( colloq)

¡pero ustedes están or ( AmL) son locos! you must be crazy o mad o insane o out of your mind! ( colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar don't be so stupid o foolish, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that, nothing in the world would make me do that o induce me to do that

¿disculparme yo? ¡ni (que estuviera) loco! what, me apologize? not in a million years o no way o never!

llenó el formulario a lo loco she completed the form any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how ( colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco he spends money like water o like there's no tomorrow

estar loco de remate or de atar ( fam); to be stark raving o stark staring mad, to be nutty as a fruitcake ( colloq), to be completely nuts ( colloq), to be mad as a hatter ( BrE)

traer or tener loco a algn ( Esp); to be driving sb mad o crazy o up the wall o round the bend ( colloq)

volver loco a algn to drive sb mad o crazy ( colloq)

vuelve locos a los hombres she drives men wild ( colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca I adore chocolate, I'm a chocolate addict ( colloq)

volverse loco to go mad

este desorden es para volverse loco this mess is enough to drive you crazy ( colloq)

3

(contento, entusiasmado): están locos con el nieto they're besotted with o crazy about their grandchild

está loca por él she's mad o crazy o wild about him ( colloq)

está loco por verla/por que le presenten a Laura he's dying o ( BrE) mad keen to see her/to be introduced to Laura ( colloq)

es loco por las aceitunas (CS); he's crazy about o mad on olives ( colloq)

4 ( fam) (preocupado) worried sick ( colloq)

anda (como) loco con las pruebas he's worried sick about the tests

B

1

(indicando gran cantidad): tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm really looking forward to seeing her, I'm dying to see her ( colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful

tienen la guita loca ( RPl arg); they're rolling in it ( colloq), they're absolutely loaded ( colloq)

2 loco DE algo:

estaba loca de alegría or de contenta she was incredibly happy, she was over the moon ( BrE colloq)

está loco de ira/celos he's wild with anger/jealousy

estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain

está loca de amor por él she's madly in love with him

3

(CS fam) (indicando poca cantidad): por cuatro clientes locos que puedan venir, no vamos a abrir it's not worth opening up just for a few odd customers

loco² -ca

masculine, feminine

A (enfermo mental) ( masculine) madman; ( feminine) madwoman

se puso como un loco al oír la noticia he went crazy o mad when he heard the news

maneja or ( Esp) conduce como un loco he drives like a madman o lunatic

corrimos como locos para alcanzar el autobús ( fam); we ran like crazy o mad to catch the bus ( colloq)

gritaba como una loca she was shouting like a madwoman, she was shouting her head off ( colloq)

¡qué desorganización, esto es de locos! what chaos! this is pure o sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se ha venido a pie Javier walked here, madman that he is

hoy en día hay mucho loco suelto ( fam); there are a lot of loonies o nutcases o weirdos about these days ( colloq)

cada loco con su tema ( fam); to each his own, each to his own ( BrE)

ahora le ha dado por el budismo — cada loco con su tema she's into Buddhism now — oh well, each to his own o ( colloq) whatever turns you on

hacer el loco ( Chi fam); to make a fool of oneself

hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)

no te hagas el loco don't act dumb, don't pretend you haven't seen/heard

la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination

B

loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone

C

loco masculine ( RPl arg) (hombre) guy ( colloq), bloke ( BrE colloq)

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loco 1

◊ -ca adjetivo

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq);

◊ este tipo está medio loco (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq);

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that;
hacer algo a lo loco to do sth any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq);
estar loco de remate (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq);
tener or (Esp) traer loco a algn to be driving sb crazy (colloq);
volver loco a algn to drive sb crazy (colloq);
volverse loco to go mad

c) ( entusiasmado):

◊ está loca por él she's crazy about him (colloq);

está loco por volver he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado):

◊ anda (como) loco con los preparativos the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

e) ( indicando gran cantidad):

◊ tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm dying to see her (colloq);

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

f) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;

‹de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;

◊ estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( enfermo mental) (m) madman;
(f) madwoman;

◊ se puso como un loco he went crazy o mad;

corrimos como locos (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq);
hacerse el loco to act dumb (colloq)
loco 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) (Zool) abalone
loco,-a
I adjetivo
1 mad, crazy
volverse loco, to lose one's mind o to go mad
2 (deseoso) estoy loco por ir a París, I'm eager to travel to Paris
3 (entusiasmado) está loca de alegría, she's thrilled
está loco por las motos, he's crazy about motorbikes
II m,f (hombre) madman, (mujer) madwoman
♦ Locuciones: hacerse el loco, to act the fool
familiar ¡ni loco!, I'd sooner die!
familiar traer/volver loco a alguien, to drive sb crazy
a lo loco, crazily

' loco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atar
- chiflada
- chiflado
- conforme
- enajenar
- enajenarse
- estragos
- hormigueo
- ida
- ido
- loc. cit.
- loca
- tema
- tocada
- tocado
- trastocarse
- trastornar
- volver
- volverse
- carro
- maniaco
- perdido
- poner
- rayado
- rayar
- rematado
English:
amok
- away
- bend
- berserk
- beside
- bit
- bonkers
- certifiable
- change over
- cracker
- crazy
- cuckoo
- delirious
- demented
- drive
- gaga
- head
- hijack
- insane
- loony
- lunatic
- mad
- madly
- madman
- maniac
- mind
- moon
- nut
- nuts
- nutter
- nutty
- parched
- potshot
- rampage
- raving
- roadhog
- send
- some
- something
- stark
- wall
- wild
- wildly
- wind up
- wit
- bumper car
- cracked
- fear
- flap
- go

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loco, -a

♦ adj

1. [demente] mad, crazy;

volver loco a alguien [enajenar, aturdir] to drive sb mad;

esos martillazos en la pared me van a volver loco that hammering on the wall is driving me mad;

el dolor lo volvía loco the pain was driving him mad;

volverse loco to go mad;

este niño me trae loco this child is driving me mad;

Comp

estar loco de atar o [m5] de remate to be stark raving mad;

Comp

¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;

¡no lo haría ni loco! there's no way you'd get me doing that!

2. [insensato] mad, crazy;

no seas loca, es muy peligroso don't be (so) stupid, it's very dangerous;

está medio loco pero es muy simpático he's a bit crazy, but he's very nice with it;

a lo loco [sin pensar] hastily;

[temerariamente] wildly;

conduce o Am [m5] maneja a lo loco he drives like a madman

3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;

la abuela está loca con su nieto the grandmother's mad o crazy about her grandson;

estar loco de contento/pasión to be wild with joy/passion;

estar loco de amor to be madly in love;

estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;

estar loco de ira to be raging mad;

estar o CSur [m5]ser loco por algo/alguien to be mad about sth/sb;

está o CSur [m5] es loco por ella [enamorado] he's madly in love with her, he's crazy about her;

está loca por conocerte she's dying to meet you;

está (como) loco por que lleguen los invitados he's desperate for the guests to arrive, he can't wait for the guests to arrive;

le vuelve loco el fútbol he's mad about soccer o Br football, he's soccer-crazy o Br football-crazy;

la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella

4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;

llevamos una semana loca it's been a mad week for us

5. [enorme]

tengo unas ganas locas de conocer Italia I'm absolutely dying to go to Italy;

tuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;

RP Fam

tener la guita loca to be rolling in it

6. RP Fam [insignificante]

sólo van a venir tres o cuatro invitados locos only a handful of guests will show up;

no nos vamos a pelear por dos pesos locos let's not quarrel over a few measly pesos

♦ nm,f

1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;

[mujer] lunatic, madwoman;

conduce o Am [m5] maneja como un loco he drives like a madman;

corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;

el loco de tu marido se puso a chillar that madman husband of yours started shouting;

ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;

sería de locos empezar de nuevo todo el trabajo it would be crazy o madness to start the whole job over again;

Fam

¡deja de hacer el loco! stop messing around!;

Comp

cada loco con su tema: ya está otra vez Santi con lo del yoga, cada loco con su tema Santi's going on about yoga again, the man's obsessed!;

Comp

Fam

hacerse el loco to play dumb, to pretend not to understand

2. RP, Ven Fam [como apelativo]

este loco se encarga de todo this guy's in charge of everything;

loco, vení para acá come over here, Br mate o US buddy

3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone

* * *

loco

I adj mad, crazy;

a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;

es para volverse loco it’s enough to drive you mad o crazy;

loco de atar o

remate completely mad;

estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;

estar loco por alguien be mad o crazy about s.o.

II m

1 madman;

cada loco con su tema each to his own;

hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.

2 Rpl fam

guy;

loco, ayudame help me, pal

* * *

loco, -ca adj

1) demente: crazy, insane, mad

2)

a lo loco : wildly, recklessly

3)

volverse loco : to go mad

loco, -ca n

1) : crazy person, lunatic

2)

hacerse el loco : to act the fool

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loco¹ adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

volver loco (molestar) to drive crazy [pt. drove; pp. driven] (encantar) to be crazy about

me estás volviendo loco you're driving me crazy

me vuelve loca el chocolate I'm crazy about chocolate

volverse loco to go mad

loco² n lunatic

1. (f. - pronta)

adj.

1) quick

2) ready

2. adv.

1) quickly

2) soon

•

- de pronto

* * *

1. ADV

1) (=dentro de poco) soon

el tren estará pronto aquí — the train will be here soon

pronto hará diez años que nos casamos — it will soon be ten years since we got married

todavía es pronto para salir — it's too soon o early to leave

• cuanto más pronto mejor — the sooner the better

• ¡ hasta pronto! — see you soon!

• lo más pronto posible — as soon as possible

2) Esp (=temprano) early

hoy he comido un poco pronto — I ate a bit early today

acostarse pronto — to go to bed early

levantarse pronto — to get up early

3) (=rápidamente) quickly

se hizo famoso muy pronto — he became famous very quickly

¡venid aquí, pronto! — come here, right now o quickly!

- se dice muy pronto

4) [otras locuciones]

• al pronto — at first

• de pronto — (=repentinamente) suddenly; (=inesperadamente) unexpectedly; Col, Cono Sur (=a lo mejor) maybe, perhaps

de pronto se cayó el cuadro de la pared — the picture suddenly fell off the wall

se presentó de pronto en la casa — he turned up at the house unexpectedly

de pronto no sabe — maybe o perhaps he doesn't know

• por de o lo pronto — (=por ahora) for now, for the moment; (=en primer lugar) for a start, for one thing

por lo pronto toma setenta euros, mañana te daré el resto — take seventy euros for now o for the moment, and I'll give you the rest tomorrow

-¿por qué no viniste? -bueno, por lo pronto estaba demasiado cansado — "why didn't you come?" - "well, for a start o for one thing I was too tired"

• tan pronto se ríe, tan pronto llora — one minute he's laughing, the next he's crying

tan pronto es amigo tuyo, como de repente ya no lo es — one minute he's your friend, the next he doesn't want to know

• tan pronto como — + subjun as soon as

te llamaré tan pronto como sepa algo — I'll call you as soon as I hear anything

2. ADJ

1) frm (=rápido) [regreso, solución, mejoría] swift; [respuesta] prompt; [servicio, persona] quick

le deseo una pronta recuperación — I wish you a swift recovery

quedo a la espera de su pronta respuesta — I look forward to your prompt reply

es pronto en las decisiones — he is quick about making decisions

estuvo muy pronto para irse — he was very quick to leave

2) Cono Sur (=preparado) ready

la comida está pronta — lunch is ready

• estar pronto para algo — to be ready for sth

los republicanos estamos prontos para este desafío — we republicans are ready for this challenge

estar pronto para hacer algo — to be ready to do sth

3.

SM Esp

* (=arrebato)

le dio un pronto y se largó — he left on a sudden impulse

tiene unos prontos muy malos — he gets ratty all of a sudden *

le dio un pronto de enojo y me golpeó — she flew into a sudden rage and hit me

* * *

I

- ta adjetivo

1)

a) ( rápido) <entrega/respuesta> prompt

le deseo una pronta mejoría — I wish you a speedy recovery, I hope you get well soon

b) (despierto, vivaz) sharp

2) (RPl) ( preparado) ready

II

adverbio

1) ( en poco tiempo) soon

pronto cumple 40 años — she'll soon be 40

ven aquí pronto! — come here, right now!

hasta pronto! — see you soon!

lo más pronto posible — as soon as possible

eso se dice muy pronto — (fam) that's easy to say

hizo los dos a la vez, que se dice pronto — he made them both at the same time, which is not as easy as it sounds

2) (Esp) ( temprano) early

3) (en locs)

de pronto — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( a lo mejor) (AmS) perhaps, maybe

por lo pronto or por de pronto — for the moment, for now

tan pronto: tan pronto llueve, como hace sol one minute it's raining and the next it's sunny; tan pronto como — as soon as

III

masculino (fam)

le dio un pronto y me tiró el plato — he had a fit of temper and threw the plate at me

tiene un pronto muy malo — she has a very quick temper

* * *

I

- ta adjetivo

1)

a) ( rápido) <entrega/respuesta> prompt

le deseo una pronta mejoría — I wish you a speedy recovery, I hope you get well soon

b) (despierto, vivaz) sharp

2) (RPl) ( preparado) ready

II

adverbio

1) ( en poco tiempo) soon

pronto cumple 40 años — she'll soon be 40

ven aquí pronto! — come here, right now!

hasta pronto! — see you soon!

lo más pronto posible — as soon as possible

eso se dice muy pronto — (fam) that's easy to say

hizo los dos a la vez, que se dice pronto — he made them both at the same time, which is not as easy as it sounds

2) (Esp) ( temprano) early

3) (en locs)

de pronto — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( a lo mejor) (AmS) perhaps, maybe

por lo pronto or por de pronto — for the moment, for now

tan pronto: tan pronto llueve, como hace sol one minute it's raining and the next it's sunny; tan pronto como — as soon as

III

masculino (fam)

le dio un pronto y me tiró el plato — he had a fit of temper and threw the plate at me

tiene un pronto muy malo — she has a very quick temper

* * *

pronto¹

= hunch, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones.

Ex: Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.

Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.

Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.

Ex: But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.

pronto²

= early [earlier -comp., earliest -sup.], shortly, soon [sooner -comp., soonest -sup.], before long, it wasn't long before + Nombre, it won't be long before + Nombre, momentarily.

Ex: It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.

Ex: We shall return to the problem of synonyms shortly.

Ex: Not surprisingly, he soon found that the inventory lists were not quite adequate for his purposes.

Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex: It wasn't long before the idea of a railhead was the talk of the town.

Ex: It won't be long before Singaporeans take to the streets in protest.

Ex: Regular service will be resumed momentarily.

* ¡eso se dice pronto! = easier said than done.

* adelantarse pronto en el marcador = take + an early lead.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + mejor momento demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* así de pronto = off-hand [offhand].

* demasiado pronto = too soon.

* de pront = without warning.

* de pronto = suddenly, of a sudden, all of a sudden, just like that, cold turkey, all at once.

* desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* hasta pronto = bye for now, I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.

* hazte rico pronto = get-rich-quick.

* muy pronto = before long, pretty soon.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.

* tan pronto = quite so soon.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap), at an early a juncture as possible.

* volver pronto = haste back.

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pronto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 (rápido) prompt

le deseo una pronta mejoría I wish you a speedy recovery, I hope you get well soon

esperamos una pronta respuesta we look forward to your prompt o early reply

2 (despierto, vivaz) sharp

tiene la mente clara y el juicio pronto he has a clear mind and sharp o keen judgment

B ( RPl) (preparado) ready

está pronto para salir he's ready to go out

la comida está pronta dinner's ready

para locuciones ver pronto² adv C. (↑ pronto (2))

pronto²

adverb

A (en poco tiempo) soon

pronto cumple 40 años she'll soon be 40

los efectos se hicieron sentir muy pronto the effects made themselves felt very quickly, the effects very soon made themselves felt

ven aquí ¡pronto! come here, right now!

¡hasta pronto! see you soon!

lo más pronto posible as soon as possible

pronto no se va a poder salir a la calle de noche soon o before long you won't be able to go out at night

eso se dice muy pronto ( fam); that's easy to say

hizo los dos a la vez, que se dice pronto he made them both at the same time, which is not as easy as it sounds

B ( Esp) (temprano) early

¿tú tan pronto por aquí? what are you doing here so early?

C ( en locs):

de pronto (repentinamente) suddenly; (a lo mejor) ( AmS) perhaps, maybe

de pronto se abrió la puerta y entró Roberto suddenly the door opened and Roberto walked in

de pronto no se han enterado maybe o perhaps they haven't heard

por lo pronto or por de pronto (para empezar) for a start; (por el momento) for the moment, for now

por lo or de pronto el primer capítulo es bastante flojo for a start o for one thing, the first chapter is rather weak

Julián, por lo or de pronto, dijo que no vendría Julián, for one, said he wouldn't be coming

tan pronto: tan pronto ríe, tan pronto llora ( liter); one moment she's laughing and the next she's crying

tan pronto te saluda, como te da la espalda he might say hello to you, but he's just as likely to turn his back on you

tan pronto como as soon as

pronto³

masculine

( fam)

le dio un pronto y me tiró el plato he had a fit of temper and threw the plate at me

tiene un pronto muy malo she has a very quick temper

en uno de sus prontos in one of his fits of temper o bouts of anger

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pronto 1

◊ -ta adjetivo

a) ( rápido) ‹entrega/respuesta› prompt

b) (RPl) ( preparado) ready

pronto 2 adverbio
1

a) ( en poco tiempo) soon;

◊ ¡hasta pronto! see you soon!;

lo más pronto posible as soon as possible

b) (Esp) ( temprano) early

2 ( en locs)

◊ de pronto ( repentinamente) suddenly;

por lo pronto or por de pronto for the moment, for now;
tan pronto como as soon as
pronto,-a
I adjetivo
1 prompt, speedy
una pronta respuesta, a prompt reply
II adverbio
1 (en poco tiempo) soon, quickly: espero verte pronto, I hope to see you soon
2 (temprano) early: debemos levantarnos pronto, we must get up early ➣ Ver nota en soon
III m (reacción repentina) a fit of temper: le dio un pronto y se marchó, he had a fit of temper and went away
♦ Locuciones: de pronto, suddenly
por lo pronto, (para empezar) to start with
tan pronto como, as soon as
' pronto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apenas
- bien
- comunicar
- cuanta
- cuanto
- cuidar
- dejar
- librarse
- muy
- nido
- pronta
- próximamente
- recién
- recua
- repente
- si
- soltar
- tarde
- ahora
- ahorita
- hacer
- hasta
- luego
- posible
- tanto
- venta
- ver
English:
accustom
- blow
- early
- go
- hang back
- last
- like
- long
- mean
- offhand
- outgrow
- pass on
- prick up
- prompt
- smart
- soon
- spawn
- suddenly
- turn
- up
- become
- get
- grow
- look
- mobile
- novelty
- one
- presently
- quickly
- ready
- roll
- see
- set
- speedy
- stricken
- sudden
- warm

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pronto, -a

♦ adj

1. [rápido] quick, fast;

[respuesta] prompt, early; [curación, tramitación] speedy;

pronto pago prompt payment

2. RP [preparado] ready;

¿demorás mucho? – no, ya estoy pronto are you going to be long? – no, I'm ready;

prontos, listos, ¡ya! ready, steady, go!, on your marks, get set, go!

♦ adv

1. [rápidamente] quickly;

tan pronto como as soon as;

lo más pronto posible as soon as possible

2. Esp [temprano] early;

salimos pronto we left early;

llegó muy pronto a la cita she arrived very early for the appointment

3. [dentro de poco] soon;

¡hasta pronto! see you soon!;

ya verás cómo encontrarás casa pronto you'll soon find a house, don't worry;

pronto se acabará el año the year will soon be over

♦ nm

Fam

tiene unos prontos de rabia inaguantables she gets these sudden fits of rage which are really unbearable;

le dio un pronto y se fue something got into him and he left

♦ al pronto loc adv

at first

♦ de pronto loc adv

1. [imprevistamente] suddenly;

el ladrón apareció de pronto en la salida the robber suddenly appeared in the exit

2. Andes, RP [tal vez] perhaps, maybe;

de pronto se perdieron perhaps o maybe they got lost

♦ por de pronto, por lo pronto loc adv

[de momento] for the time being; [para empezar] to start with;

por de o [m5]lo pronto pon los niños a dormir, luego hablaremos for the moment just put the children to bed, we'll talk later

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pronto

I adj

1 prompt;

por lo o

de pronto for now, for the moment

2 Rpl: preparado ready

II adv

1 ( dentro de poco) soon;

tan pronto como as soon as;

lo más pronto posible as soon as possible;

¡hasta pronto! see you soon!;

más pronto o más tarde sooner or later

2 ( temprano) early;

de pronto suddenly;

eso se dice pronto that’s easy for you/him etc to say, that’s easily said

III m fam

:

le dio un pronto y dejó el trabajo he left his job on impulse;

tiene unos prontos de celos inaguantables he has fits of unbearable jealousy

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pronto adv

1) : quickly, promptly

2) : soon

3)

de pronto : suddenly

4)

lo más pronto posible : as soon as possible

5)

tan pronto como : as soon as

pronto, -ta adj

1) rápido: quick, speedy, prompt

2) preparado: ready

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pronto adv

1. (en seguida) soon

volveré pronto I'll be back soon

2. (rápidamente) quickly

acaba pronto finish quickly

3. (temprano) early [comp. earlier; superl. earliest]

los niños se levantan pronto the children get up early

de pronto suddenly

hasta pronto see you soon

tan pronto como as soon as

tan pronto como llegue as soon as he arrives

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