power-driven tap

метчи́к м.
(screw) tap

2) threading tap
– ловильный метчик
– маточный метчик
– машинный метчик
– насадной метчик
– плашечный метчик
– прямой метчик
– раздвижной метчик
– ручной метчик
– таечный метчик
– черновой метчик
– чистовой метчик

автоматный таечный метчик — tapper tap

метчик с винтовыми канавками — spiral-fluted tap

метчик с изогнутым хвостовиком — bent-shank tap

метчик с механическим приводом — power-driven tap

метчик с направляющей цапфой — pilot tap

метчик с прерывистой резьбой — interrupted-thread tap

метчик со вставными гребенками — chaser tap

агрегат с приводом от двигателя блок индикатора отклонения от линии пути боковое отклонение от курса вихрь от законцовки крыла вихрь от предыдущей лопасти влияние отражения от поверхности земли влияние спутной струи от воздушного винта внимание, отвлеченное от управления воздушным судном воздух, отбираемый от компрессора вредное воздействие шума от воздушных судов генератор с приводом от двигателя данные, полученные от наземных служб держаться на безопасном расстоянии от воздушного судна допустимый запас высоты от колес до порога ВПП доход от перевозки грузов доход от перевозки пассажиров доход от перевозки срочных грузов доход от эксплуатации 2. operating income заборник воздуха для надува топливных баков от скоростного напора зависимость коммерческой загрузки от дальности полета завихрение от реактивной струи запуск от внешнего источника защита воздушного судна от угона защита от коррозии защита от обледенения 2. anti-icing защита от сдвига ветром защитное устройство от повышения частоты защищенность от шума зона, свободная от помех зона, свободная от препятствий индикатор отклонения от линии пути Комитет по охране окружающей среды от воздействия авиации кривая зависимости коммерческой от дальности полета линейное отклонение от курса линия ограничения отклонения от глиссады линия отклонения от курса маршрут полета в направлении от вторичных радиосредств нагрузка в полете от поверхности управления нагрузка от сопротивления несущий винт с приводом от двигателя освобождение от таможенных формальностей освобождение от уплаты пошлины отбирать воздух от компрессора отдавать ручку управления от себя отдавать штурвал от себя отклонение от заданного курса отклонение от курса 2. course scalloping 3. course displacement отклонение от курса полета отклонение от линии горизонтального полета отклонение от линии пути отклонение от прямого пути отклонение от технических условий отклонение от установленных стандартов отклоняться от отклоняться от глиссады отклоняться от заданного курса отклоняться от курса отклоняться от плана полета отпечаток от пневматики отрывать воздушное судно от земли 2. make the aircraft airborne отрываться от земли 2. get off отступать от установленных правил панорамный указатель отклонения от курса полет в направлении от станции полоса, свободная от препятствий помехи от авиационных объектов помехи от авиационных средств связи помехи от давления помехи от системы зажигания помехи от смежного канала потери от трения преждевременный отрыв от земли радиолокационное отражение от поверхности моря радиолокационное отражение от поверхности суши разворот с креном от центра разворота раздражающее воздействие шума от воздушного суд расстояние бокового отклонения от курса расстояние от воздушного судна до объекта на земле резкий отворот от линии курса сигнал отклонения от глиссады 2. off-slope signal сигнал отклонения от курса сигнал отклонения от курса на маяк система сигнализации отклонения от курса следы от шариков с приводом от двигателя турбина с приводом от выхлопных газов турбина с приводом от набегающего потока удостоверение об освобождении от уплаты пошлины указатель отклонения от глиссады указатель отклонения от курса 2. deviometer указатель отклонения от курса по радиомаяку указатель отклонения от маршрута уклоняться от заданного курса уменьшать величину отклонения от курса усилие на органах управления от автомата загрузки фланец отбора воздуха от двигателя шкала отклонения от глиссады шкала отклонения от курса по радиомаяку шум от несущего винта шум от системы кондиционирования шум от системы увеличения подъемной силы элерон с жестким управлением от штурвала элерон с приводом от гидроусилителя эмиссия от двигателей

кран м.

= Unión Sindical Obrera

Ex: The process provides an effective means of controlling such serials until a final decision has been made regarding their disposition.

Ex: A poorly structured scheme requires the exercise of a good deal of initiative on the part of the indexer in order to overcome or avoid the poor structure.

Ex: One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.

Ex: Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems = Los cambios en el uso de los términos con el transcurso del tiempo también pueden presentar problemas.

Ex: Systematic mnemonics is the use of the same notation for a given topic wherever that topic occurs.

Ex: On occasions it is necessary to adopt an order or arrangement which leads to the efficient utilisation of space.

Ex: Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the co-ordination of index terms at the search stage.

Ex: The screen display formats required by cataloguing staff may be not at all suitable for public consumption.

Ex: Through the employment of such implicitly derogatory terminology librarians virtually give themselves licence to disregard or downgrade the value of certain materials.

Ex: The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.

Ex: When in use moulds were subject to severe wear which resulted in noticeable deterioration of the surface.

Ex: Entry of number '21' reverses the present delivery status.

* alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* aparato para el uso de la información = information appliance.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.

* bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* condiciones de uso = terms of use.

* condiciones legales de uso = legal boilerplate.

* con el uso = in use, with use.

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* cubrir un uso = address + use.

* cuchillo de un solo uso = disposable knife.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar un uso = put to + purpose.

* dar uso = put to + use.

* dar uso a = make + use of.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de muchos usos = all-purpose.

* de pago según el uso = on a pay a you use basis, on a pay as you go basis.

* de poco uso = low-use.

* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.

* desgaste por el uso = wear and tear.

* destrezas relacionadas con el uso de la información = information skills.

* de un solo uso = disposable, single-use.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* de uso cutáneo = use + topically.

* de uso externo = for external use only.

* de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.

* de uso frecuente = frequently-used.

* de uso general = general-use.

* de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].

* de uso múltiple = all-purpose.

* de uso público = publicly available.

* de uso tópico = use + topically.

* encuesta sobre el uso del tiempo = time-use survey.

* en pleno uso de + Posesivo + facultades físicas y mentales = of (a) sound mind, of (a) sound and disposing mind and memory, mentally fit, physically and mentally fit.

* en pleno uso de + Posesivo + razón = mentally fit.

* en uso = in use.

* estadísticas de uso = usage statistics, use statistics.

* estudio de uso = use study.

* facilidad de uso = usability, user-friendliness, ease of use.

* formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* frecuencia de uso = usage rate.

* gastado por el uso = worn-out.

* hábito de uso = usage pattern, use pattern.

* hábito de uso, patrón de uso = usage pattern.

* hacer buen uso de Algo = put to + good use.

* hacer el mejor uso de = make + the best of.

* hacer uso = put to + use.

* hacer uso de = make + use of, draw on/upon, leverage, patronise [patronize, -USA], tap into, deploy.

* hacer uso de influencias = pull + strings.

* hacer uso de recursos = tap into + resources.

* hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.

* hacer uso personal = make + personal use.

* haciendo uso de = by recourse to.

* herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.

* herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.

* impuesto sobre artículos de uso y consumo = excise tax.

* incremento del uso = increased use.

* índice de uso = performance measure, output measure.

* instrucciones de uso = use instruction.

* licencia de uso = licence agreement.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.

* método de evaluación de un edificio en uso = post-occupancy evaluation method.

* multiuso = multi-functional, multi-use [multiuse].

* normas de uso = user policy.

* ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).

* pago según el uso = pay-per-view, pay-for-use.

* páguese por el uso hecho = pay-as-you-go.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* plato de un solo uso = disposable plate.

* poner en uso = bring into + use, take in + use.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* recurrir al uso de = resort to + the use of.

* rentabilizar el uso = maximise + use.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.

* servilleta de un solo uso = disposable napkin.

* sistema de facturación por uso = cost billing system.

* sistema en uso = operational system.

* sustancia de uso reglamentado = controlled substance.

* sustancia de uso regulado = controlled substance.

* tenedor de un solo uso = disposable fork.

* uso a distancia = remote use.

* uso compartido = sharing.

* uso compartido de la información = information sharing.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* uso compartido de recursos = resource sharing, time-sharing [timesharing].

* uso de instrumentos = instrumentation.

* uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* uso de la colección = stock use.

* uso de la letra cursiva = italicisation [italicization, -USA].

* uso de las mayúsculas = capitalisation [capitalization, -USA].

* uso de la tierra = land use.

* uso de sustancias = substance use.

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* uso diario = everyday use.

* uso doméstico = domestic use.

* uso excesivo = prodigality, overuse.

* uso excesivo de = greed for.

* uso inadecuado = misuse, mistreatment.

* uso indebido = misuse.

* uso normal = normal usage.

* uso óptimo de los recursos = value for money.

* uso personal = personal use.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* uso razonable = fair dealing, fair use.

* uso remoto = remote use.

* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.

* usos y gratificaciones = uses and gratifications.

* uso tópico = for external use only.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

 

Del verbo usar: ( conjugate usar)

uso es:


usó es:


Multiple Entries:
usar    
uso
usar ( conjugate usar) verbo transitivo


uso algo/a algn de or como algo to use sth/sb as sth


usarse verbo pronominal (en 3a pers) (esp AmL) ( estar de moda) [color/ropa] to be in fashion, to be popular;

uso sustantivo masculino


hacer uso de algo to use sth


hacer uso de un derecho to exercise a right;
desde que tengo uso de razón ever since I can remember;
hacer uso de la palabra (frml) to speak


los zapatos ceden con el uso shoes give with wear
usar
I verbo transitivo
1 (hacer uso, emplear) to use: no uses mi maquinilla, don't use my razor
siempre usa el mismo método, she uses always the same method
2 (llevar ropa, perfume, etc) to wear
II vi (utilizar) to use
uso sustantivo masculino
1 use
(aplicación) se compró el ordenador, pero no le da ningún uso, he bought the computer, but he never makes use of it
(modo de aplicación) instrucciones de uso, instructions for use
uso externo/tópico, external/local application
2 (costumbre) custom
' uso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billón
- cada
- casarse
- como
- crema
- cuchara
- destartalar
- destino
- deterioro
- doméstica
- doméstico
- escayola
- espantosa
- espantoso
- estar
- extendida
- extendido
- externa
- externo
- gasto
- lindeza
- misma
- mismo
- mortal
- muerta
- muerto
- parecer
- permitirse
- poder
- prerrogativa
- pues
- pura
- puro
- que
- rozar
- rozarse
- sala
- si
- tal
- tópica
- tópico
- universal
- usar
- utensilio
- vaya
- ver
- verdadera
- verdadero
- vulgarización
- vulgarizar
English:
abuse
- afford
- agree
- antiallergenic
- balloon
- bed
- blind
- cease
- continue
- current
- disposable
- do
- dog-eared
- enjoy
- ever
- exclusively
- feel
- floor
- fluoride
- for
- fuck
- good
- have
- hear of
- herself
- himself
- indeed
- intend
- internal
- it
- itself
- just
- lend
- lie
- listen
- literally
- misuse
- myself
- never
- next
- nice
- not
- oneself
- only
- ourselves
- practice
- practise
- public
- quite
- ridesharing

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

* * *

= 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)

* * *

 

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

* * *

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

Ma|schi|ne [ma'ʃiːnə] machine (AUCH COMPUT); (= Motor) engine; (= Flugzeug) plane; (= Schreibmaschine) typewriter; (inf = Motorrad) bike