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1 subnormal
adj.1 mentally retarded (retrasado).2 moronic (Pejorative) (insult).3 subnormal.f. & m.1 mentally retarded person (retrasado).2 moron, cretin (Pejorative) (insult).* * *► adjetivo1 MEDICINA mentally handicapped, subnormal1 MEDICINA subnormal2 familiar blockhead* * *1. ADJ1) (Med) subnormal, mentally handicapped2) * pey nuts *, mental *2. SMF1) (Med) subnormal person, mentally handicapped person2) * pey nutcase *, blockhead ** * *Ia) (Psic) mentally handicapped, subnormalb) (fam & pey) ( como insulto) moronic (colloq & pej)IImasculino y femeninoa) (Psic) mentally handicapped personb) (fam & pey) ( cretino) moron (colloq & pej), cretin (colloq & pej)* * *= arse.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.* * *Ia) (Psic) mentally handicapped, subnormalb) (fam & pey) ( como insulto) moronic (colloq & pej)IImasculino y femeninoa) (Psic) mentally handicapped personb) (fam & pey) ( cretino) moron (colloq & pej), cretin (colloq & pej)* * *= arse.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
* * *1 ( Psic) mentally handicapped, subnormal1 ( Psic) mentally handicapped person* * *
subnormal adjetivo
■ sustantivo masculino y femeninoa) (Psic) mentally handicapped person
subnormal
I adj Psic subnormal, mentally handicapped
II mf
1 mentally handicapped person
2 fam pey (necio) moron, cretin
' subnormal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deficiente
English:
subnormal
* * *♦ adj1. [retrasado] mentally retarded♦ nmf1. [retrasado] mentally retarded person* * *I adj subnormalII m/f despmoron -
2 cognitivo
adj.cognitive, sensory, relative to knowledge, perception.* * *- va adjetivo cognitive* * *= cognitive.Ex. A theoretical scheme classifies user behaviour into 3 domains of library activity (affective, cognitive, and psychomotor) and into 3 levels of learning (orientation, interaction, and internalisation).----* base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].* capacidad cognitiva = cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.* capital cognitivo = knowledge assets.* deficiencia cognitiva = cognitive impairment.* destreza cognitiva = cognitive skill.* deterioro cognitivo = cognitive impairment.* estrategia cognitiva = cognitive strategy.* función cognitiva = cognitive function.* habilidad cognitiva = cognitive skill, cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.* trastorno cognitivo = cognitive disorder.* * *- va adjetivo cognitive* * *= cognitive.Ex: A theoretical scheme classifies user behaviour into 3 domains of library activity (affective, cognitive, and psychomotor) and into 3 levels of learning (orientation, interaction, and internalisation).
* base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].* capacidad cognitiva = cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.* capital cognitivo = knowledge assets.* deficiencia cognitiva = cognitive impairment.* destreza cognitiva = cognitive skill.* deterioro cognitivo = cognitive impairment.* estrategia cognitiva = cognitive strategy.* función cognitiva = cognitive function.* habilidad cognitiva = cognitive skill, cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.* trastorno cognitivo = cognitive disorder.* * *cognitivo -vacognitive* * *
cognitivo,-a adj Psic cognitive
' cognitivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cognitiva
* * *cognitivo, -a adjcognitive* * *adj cognitive* * *cognitivo, -va adj: cognitive -
3 subliminal
adj.subliminal.* * *► adjetivo1 subliminal* * *ADJ subliminal* * *adjetivo subliminal* * *= subliminal.Ex. The author discusses the function of libraries; the dangers of promotion; including word of mouth, promotional tools and subliminal messages.----* mensaje subliminal = subtext.* * *adjetivo subliminal* * *= subliminal.Ex: The author discusses the function of libraries; the dangers of promotion; including word of mouth, promotional tools and subliminal messages.
* mensaje subliminal = subtext.* * *subliminal* * *
subliminal adj Psic subliminal
(en publicidad) mensaje subliminal, subliminal message
' subliminal' also found in these entries:
English:
subliminal
* * *subliminal adjsubliminal* * *adj subliminal -
4 afásico
adj.aphasic, word-deaf.* * *► adjetivo1 aphasic► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 aphasic* * *ADJ (Psic) aphasic; (=mudo) mute, dumb* * *= aphasic, aphasia patient.Ex. This article discusses services offered by the library to the mentally and physically handicapped, to aphasic and dyslectic users, to visually handicapped university students and provision of talking books in foreign languages.Ex. Readers include: the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, the elderly, aphasia patients, and people for whom Swedish is a 2nd language.* * *= aphasic, aphasia patient.Ex: This article discusses services offered by the library to the mentally and physically handicapped, to aphasic and dyslectic users, to visually handicapped university students and provision of talking books in foreign languages.
Ex: Readers include: the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, the elderly, aphasia patients, and people for whom Swedish is a 2nd language.* * *aphasicmasculine, feminineaphasiac* * *afásico, -a Med♦ adjaphasic♦ nm,faphasic -
5 abulia
adj. Psic. Qella kay. -
6 grafológico
grafológico -cagraphological* * *
grafológico,-a adj Psic graphological: van a hacer un estudio grafológico de esa carta, they're going to analyze the handwriting of the letter
' grafológico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
grafológica
* * *grafológico, -a adjgraphological -
7 cognitiva
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8 grafológica
grafológico,-a adj Psic graphological: van a hacer un estudio grafológico de esa carta, they're going to analyze the handwriting of the letter
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9 histérico
adj.1 hysterical, nervous wreck.2 hysteric.* * *► adjetivo1 hysterical► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 hysteric\poner histérico,-a a alguien familiar to drive somebody mad, wind somebody up* * *histérico, -a1. ADJ1) (Med) hysterical2) (=nervioso)¡me pone histérico! — * it drives me mad!, it drives me up the wall *
2. SM / F1) (Med) hysteric2) (=nervioso)no hagas caso, son unos histéricos — pay no attention, they're always having hysterics
* * *IIIponerse histérico — to have hysterics o a fit
* * *= edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], demented, hysterical, hysteric.Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.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. It was in the course of treating hysterical patients in the 1980s that Freud began to form the major concepts of psychoanalytic theory.Ex. Freud's typical patient in the early years was frequently hysteric -- often female, bright, sexually repressed, bursting with vivid dreams and fantasies, prone to psychosomatic symptomatology.----* casi histérico = high-strung, highly-strung.* ponerse histérico = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler.* * *IIIponerse histérico — to have hysterics o a fit
* * *= edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], demented, hysterical, hysteric.Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
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: It was in the course of treating hysterical patients in the 1980s that Freud began to form the major concepts of psychoanalytic theory.Ex: Freud's typical patient in the early years was frequently hysteric -- often female, bright, sexually repressed, bursting with vivid dreams and fantasies, prone to psychosomatic symptomatology.* casi histérico = high-strung, highly-strung.* ponerse histérico = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler.* * *2(exaltado): se puso histérico cuando vio la carta he went mad o had hysterics o had a fit when he saw the letter ( colloq)masculine, feminine2(exaltado): es un histérico he gets completely o quite hysterical about things, he gets in a terrible flap about things* * *
histérico◊ -ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical;
( exaltado):◊ ponerse histérico to have hysterics o a fit;
me pones histérico you drive me mad
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric;
( exaltado):
histérico,-a adjetivo hysterical
familiar le estás poniendo histérico, you are driving him mad
' histérico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
histérica
English:
hysterical
- wobbly
- hysterics
* * *histérico, -a♦ adj1. Psi hystericalponerse histérico to get in a flap;ese ruido me pone histérico that noise really gets on my nerves♦ nm,f1. Psi hysteric* * *I adj hystericalII m, histérica f hysteric* * *histérico, -ca adj: hysterical♦ histéricamente adv* * *histérico adj hysterical -
10 alienado
adj.1 mentally ill, crazy, demented, insane.2 alienated, estranged.f. & m.1 insane person, lunatic.2 alienated person.past part.past participle of spanish verb: alienar.* * *1→ link=alienar alienar► adjetivo1 (loco) insane, deranged► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lunatic* * *alienado, -a1.ADJ (=marginado) alienated; (Psic) insane, mentally ill2.SM / F (=marginado) alienated person; (Psic) mentally ill person* * *I- da adjetivo (Psic, Sociol) alienatedII- da masculino, femenino tb* * *= alienated, estranged.Ex. And just as some adhesives need a catalyst to form a bond, so in ' alienated' modern society, a community information service performs that function by linking needs with resources in the community and alerting the community to unmet needs and lack of resources.Ex. Estranged couples need help in understanding their disappointment and identifying available support.* * *I- da adjetivo (Psic, Sociol) alienatedII- da masculino, femenino tb* * *= alienated, estranged.Ex: And just as some adhesives need a catalyst to form a bond, so in ' alienated' modern society, a community information service performs that function by linking needs with resources in the community and alerting the community to unmet needs and lack of resources.
Ex: Estranged couples need help in understanding their disappointment and identifying available support.* * *masculine, femininealienado mental mentally-ill person* * *
Del verbo alienar: ( conjugate alienar)
alienado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
alienado
alienar
alienado,-a adjetivo
1 (enajenado) insane, deranged
2 Pol alienated
alienar verbo transitivo to alienate
' alienado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alienada
* * *alienado, -a♦ adjinsane♦ nm,finsane person, lunatic* * *I adj alienatedII part → alienar -
11 complejo
adj.1 complex, complicated, Byzantine, complicate.2 compound, complex, composite.m.1 complex, exaggerated feeling.2 complex, system, installation, complexus.* * *► adjetivo1 complex1 complex\complejo industrial industrial complexcomplejo turístico tourist resort————————1 complex* * *1. (f. - compleja)adj.2. noun m.* * *1.ADJ [gen] complex2. SM1) (Psic) complexcomplejo de culpa, complejo de culpabilidad — guilt complex
2) (=instalaciones) complexcomplejo deportivo — sports complex, sports centre o (EEUU) center
complejo recreativo — leisure complex, leisure centre o (EEUU) center
3) (Quím) complex* * *I- ja adjetivo1) ( complicado) complex2) <número/oración> complex (before n)II1) ( de edificios) complex2) (Quím) complex3) (Psic) complex•* * *I- ja adjetivo1) ( complicado) complex2) <número/oración> complex (before n)II1) ( de edificios) complex2) (Quím) complex3) (Psic) complex•* * *complejo11 = complex, nexus.Ex: The planned library will be part of a complex including a civic hall, information lobby, exhibition rooms and a restaurant.
Ex: The future OPAC is likely to be one building block in a larger nexus of information structures.* complejo bibliotecario = library complex.* complejo comercial = shopping complex.* complejo de pisos = condominium complex.* complejo deportivo = sports complex.* complejo de viviendas subvencionadas = housing project.* complejo industial = industrial estate, industrial park.* complejo industrial = industrial complex.* complejo recreativo = leisure complex.* complejo recreativo-cultural = leisure-recreation-cultural complex.* complejo recreativo y social = leisure centre.* complejo residencial = housing development, housing estate, housing complex.* complejo social = community complex.* complejo vitamínico = vitamin complex.complejo22 = complex.Ex: The Hapa was a community of people with complexes, be they egoistic or inferiority ones.
* complejo de Edipo, el = Oedipus conflict, the.* complejo de inferioridad = inferiority complex.* complejo de superioridad = superiority complex.complejo33 = complex, intricate, knotted.Ex: Profiles will usually need to be more complex with free language searching as greater provision for the entry of documents under synonyms and related terms is necessary.
Ex: The terminology, much of it being either newly coined or adapted to suit the purpose at hand, is sometimes rather intricate.Ex: Its intricately knotted narrative begins in 1900 with the sequence of events leading to Oscar Wilde's deathbed conversion.* demasiado complejo = overcomplex.* hacerse más complejo = grow in + complexity, gain in + complexity.* más complejo de lo que parece = more than meets the eye.* * *A (complicado) complexun mecanismo complejo a complex mechanismun problema bastante complejo a rather complex o complicated problemun sistema muy complejo a very complex o complicated systemB ‹número› complex ( before n)C ‹oración› complex ( before n)A (de edificios) complexCompuestos:● complejo deportivo/hotelerosports/hotel complexindustrial complextourist development/resortB ( Quím) complexCompuesto:vitamin complexC ( Psic) complextiene complejo porque es bajito he's got a complex about being shortCompuestos:● complejo de culpa or culpabilidadguilt complex● complejo de inferioridad/superioridadinferiority/superiority complexOedipus complex* * *
complejo 1◊ -ja adjetivo
complex
complejo 2 sustantivo masculino
◊ complejo deportivo/industrial sports/industrial complexb) (Psic) complex;
complejo de culpa or culpabilidad guilt complex;
complejo de inferioridad/superioridad inferiority/superiority complex
complejo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino complex
' complejo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compleja
- complicada
- complicado
- simple
English:
complex
- fiddly
- hang-up
- high-powered
- involved
- Oedipus
- compound
- development
- estate
- facility
- hang
- housing
- inferiority
- project
- sophisticated
* * *complejo, -a♦ adj1. [complicado, difícil] complex;es una situación muy compleja it's a very complex o complicated situation2. [número] complex♦ nm1. [psicológico] complex;tiene complejo de gorda she's got a complex about being fat;le va a entrar complejo he'll get a complexcomplejo de culpabilidad guilt complex;complejo de Edipo Oedipus complex;complejo de inferioridad inferiority complex;complejo de superioridad superiority complex2. [zona construida] complexcomplejo deportivo sports complex;complejo hospitalario hospital (complex);complejo hotelero hotel complex;complejo industrial industrial park;complejo turístico tourist development3. [estructura] complexcomplejo vitamínico vitamin complex* * *I adj complex* * *complejo, -ja adj: complexcomplejo nm: complex -
12 adolescente
adj.1 adolescent.2 immature, sophomoric, adolescent.f. & m.adolescent, teenager, teen, minor.* * *► adjetivo1 adolescent1 adolescent* * *1. adj.adolescent, teenage2. noun mf.adolescent, teenager* * *1.ADJ adolescent2.SMF (Med) adolescent; (=joven) teenager, teen (EEUU) ** * *Iadjetivo adolescentIItiene dos hijos adolescentes — she has two teenage o adolescent children
masculino y femenino ( en contextos no técnicos) teenager; (Med, Psic) adolescent* * *= adolescent, pubescent child, teen, teenage, teenager, young adult (YA), pubescent, teenage boy, teenaged.Ex. Funny stories are popular with pupils of all ages and horror is the most popular genre for adolescents.Ex. The book brings about together numerous ideas that preoccupy pubescent children.Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.Ex. Combine limit fields with other searches, e.g. 'FIND: anorexia and teenagers and py>=1985' retrieves articles on teenage anorexia published in or after 1985.Ex. Combine limit fields with other searches, e.g. 'FIND: anorexia and teenagers and py >=1985' retrieves articles on teenage anorexia published in or after 1985.Ex. In return, the young librarian took it upon himself to design an entire section of the second floor to be the domain of young adult.Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.Ex. Many of the teenaged runaways left home in search of freedom from what they considered abusive treatment, whether physical, sexual, or emotional.----* embarazo de adolescentes = teenage pregnancy.* ficción para adolescentes = young adult fiction.* literatura para adolescentes = young adult fiction.* novela para adolescentes = adolescent romance.* * *Iadjetivo adolescentIItiene dos hijos adolescentes — she has two teenage o adolescent children
masculino y femenino ( en contextos no técnicos) teenager; (Med, Psic) adolescent* * *= adolescent, pubescent child, teen, teenage, teenager, young adult (YA), pubescent, teenage boy, teenaged.Ex: Funny stories are popular with pupils of all ages and horror is the most popular genre for adolescents.
Ex: The book brings about together numerous ideas that preoccupy pubescent children.Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.Ex: Combine limit fields with other searches, e.g. 'FIND: anorexia and teenagers and py>=1985' retrieves articles on teenage anorexia published in or after 1985.Ex: Combine limit fields with other searches, e.g. 'FIND: anorexia and teenagers and py >=1985' retrieves articles on teenage anorexia published in or after 1985.Ex: In return, the young librarian took it upon himself to design an entire section of the second floor to be the domain of young adult.Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.Ex: Many of the teenaged runaways left home in search of freedom from what they considered abusive treatment, whether physical, sexual, or emotional.* embarazo de adolescentes = teenage pregnancy.* ficción para adolescentes = young adult fiction.* literatura para adolescentes = young adult fiction.* novela para adolescentes = adolescent romance.* * *adolescenttiene dos hijos adolescentes she has two teenage o adolescent children* * *
adolescente adjetivo
adolescent;◊ tiene dos hijos adolescentes she has two teenage o adolescent children
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( en contextos no técnicos) teenager;
(Med, Psic) adolescent
adolescente adjetivo & mf adolescent
' adolescente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gallo
- quinceañera
- quinceañero
English:
adolescent
- puppy love
- teenage
- teenager
* * *♦ adjadolescent;tienen un hijo adolescente they have a teenage son♦ nmfadolescent, teenager;un ídolo de los adolescentes a teen idol* * *I adj teenage atr, adolescent atrII m/f teenager, adolescent* * *adolescente adj: adolescent, teenageadolescente nmf: adolescent, teenager* * *adolescente1 adj adolescent / teenageadolescente2 n adolescent / teenagerde adolescente, solía... when I was a teenager I used to... -
13 egoísta
adj.selfish, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical.f. & m.selfish person, egoist, self-seeker.* * *► adjetivo1 selfish, egoistic, egoistical1 egoist, selfish person* * *adj.* * *1.ADJ egoistical, selfish2.SMF egoist, selfish person* * *Iadjetivo selfish, egotisticIIno seas egoistón — (fam) don't be mean (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist* * *= selfish, egoistic, egotistical, egoist, self-serving, self-focusing, self-focused, egotistic, egotist.Ex. Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.Ex. Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.Ex. Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.Ex. Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.Ex. At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.Ex. We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.Ex. In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex. One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.----* de modo egoísta = selfishly.* * *Iadjetivo selfish, egotisticIIno seas egoistón — (fam) don't be mean (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist* * *= selfish, egoistic, egotistical, egoist, self-serving, self-focusing, self-focused, egotistic, egotist.Ex: Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.
Ex: Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.Ex: Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.Ex: Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.Ex: At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.Ex: We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.Ex: In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex: One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.* de modo egoísta = selfishly.* * *selfish, egoistic, egotistic( Psic) egoist, egotistes una egoísta she is very selfish* * *
egoísta adjetivo
selfish, egotistic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist;
egoísta
I adjetivo egoistic, selfish
II mf egoist, selfish person
' egoísta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buitre
- interesada
- interesado
- acaparador
- mezquindad
- puro
- volver
English:
ax
- axe
- egoist
- possessive
- selfish
- unselfish
* * *♦ adjegoistic, selfish;¡mira que eres egoísta! you're so selfish!;era muy egoísta con sus hermanos he was very selfish towards his brothers and sisters♦ nmfegotist, selfish person;ser un egoísta to be very selfish, to be an egotist* * *I adj selfish, egoisticII m/f egoist* * *egoísta adj: selfish, egoisticegoísta nmf: egoist, selfish person* * *egoísta1 adj selfishegoísta2 n selfish person -
14 loco
adj.1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.2 crazy.m.madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy3 familiar (asombroso) amazing► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lunatic, insane person\a lo loco any old howcomo un,-a loco,-a like madestar loco,-a de alegría to be over the moonestar loco,-a por alguien to be mad about somebodyhacer el loco to act wildhacerse el/la loco,-a to pretend to know nothing, act dumb¡ni loco,-a! no way!volver loco,-a a alguien to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody madvolverse loco,-a to go madloco,-a de remate stark raving mad* * *1. (f. - loca)adj.crazy, mad2. (f. - loca)noun* * *loco, -a1. ADJ1) (=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
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andar o estar loco con algo — (=preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (=contento) to be crazy about sth•
está loco por algn/algo, está loco por esa chica — he's mad o crazy about that girlanda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra — she's mad keen to go to England
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volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad, drive sb round the bend•
volverse loco — to go insane, go mad2) (=frenético) hectic3) * (=enorme)llevo una prisa loca — I'm in a tremendous o real rush *
2.SM / F lunatic, madman/madwomanel loco de César se ha comprado otro coche — that lunatic o madman César has bought another car
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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•
ponerse como un loco — to start acting like a madman/madwoman3.SM Chile abalone, false abalone* * *I- ca adjetivo1)a) (Med, Psic) mad, insaneb) ( 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
¿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)
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)
c) (contento, entusiasmado)están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild
está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)
d) (fam) ( ajetreado)2)a) ( indicando gran cantidad)b)IIloco 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
- ca masculino, femenino1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwomanse 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)
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).* * *I- ca adjetivo1)a) (Med, Psic) mad, insaneb) ( 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
¿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)
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)
c) (contento, entusiasmado)están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild
está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)
d) (fam) ( ajetreado)2)a) ( indicando gran cantidad)b)IIloco 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
- ca masculino, femenino1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwomanse 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)
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).* * *Aeste 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 yourselfeso 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 tomorrowestar 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 madeste 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 grandchildestá 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)anda (como) loco con las pruebas he's worried sick about the testsB1(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 luckyla obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successfultienen la guita loca ( RPl arg); they're rolling in it ( colloq), they're absolutely loaded ( colloq)2 loco DE algo:está loco de ira/celos he's wild with anger/jealousyestaba loco de dolor he was racked with painestá loca de amor por él she's madly in love with him3(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 customersmasculine, femininese puso como un loco al oír la noticia he went crazy o mad when he heard the newsmaneja or ( Esp) conduce como un loco he drives like a madman o lunaticcorrimos 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 ishoy en día hay mucho loco suelto ( fam); there are a lot of loonies o nutcases o weirdos about these days ( colloq)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 onhacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)no te hagas el loco don't act dumb, don't pretend you haven't seen/heardla loca de la casa ( liter); the imaginationBC* * *
loco 1◊ -ca adjetivo
◊ 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 madc) ( 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):
e) ( indicando gran cantidad):◊ tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm dying to see her (colloq);
tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly luckyf) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;
‹de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;
■ 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
* * *loco, -a♦ adj1. [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;¡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;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;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 paella4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;llevamos una semana loca it's been a mad week for ustuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;RP Famtener la guita loca to be rolling in it6. 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,f1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;[mujer] lunatic, madwoman;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!;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!;Famhacerse el loco to play dumb, to pretend not to understandloco, vení para acá come over here, Br mate o US buddy* * *I adj mad, crazy;es para volverse loco it’s enough to drive you mad o crazy;remate completely mad;estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;estar loco por alguien be mad o crazy about s.o.II m1 madman;cada loco con su tema each to his own;hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.2 Rpl famguy;loco, ayudame help me, pal* * *loco, -ca adj1) demente: crazy, insane, mad2)a lo loco : wildly, recklessly3)volverse loco : to go madloco, -ca n1) : crazy person, lunatic2)hacerse el loco : to act the fool* * *loco2 n lunatic -
15 retrasado
adj.1 late, behind schedule, behind-time, overdue.2 retarded, backward, cretinous, feeble-minded.3 underdeveloped, under-developed, backward, backwards.past part.past participle of spanish verb: retrasar.* * *1→ link=retrasar retrasar► adjetivo1 (en conocimientos, trabajo) behind2 (pagos) late3 (reloj) slow4 (tren, avión, etc) delayed5 (país) backward, underdeveloped6 (mental) retarded, backward► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 mentally retarded person* * *(f. - retrasada)adj.1) retarded2) backward3) behind* * *retrasado, -a1. ADJ1) [en una actividad]estar o ir retrasado — to be behind
va muy retrasado en química — he is very behind in chemistry, he has a lot to make up in chemistry
estar retrasado en los pagos — to be behind in o with one's payments, be in arrears
2) [en el tiempo] [persona] latellegó retrasado a la reunión — he was late for the meeting, he got to the meeting late
3) [en el desarrollo] [país, pueblo, sociedad] backwardnuestro sistema universitario va retrasado respecto a otros países — our university system is very backward compared with o is behind that of other countries
4) (=no actual) [ideas, estilo] outdated, outmoded5) [reloj] slow6) [mentalmente] mentally retarded2.* * *I- da adjetivoa) [SER] (Med, Psic) mentally handicappedb) [ESTAR] (en tarea, actividad)va or está muy retrasado con respecto a los demás — he lags a long way behind the others
c) <país/sociedad> backwardd) < reloj> slowII- da masculino, femenino: tbretrasado mental — mentally handicapped person, (mentally) retarded person, retard (AmE colloq & pej)
* * *= backward, backwards, retarded, cretinous, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, nonce.Ex. There are no entries under the terms backward, Deficient, Handicapped, Mental deficiency, Mentally deficient despite the fact that Class JGJ is devoted to the teaching of Deficient, Handicapped, etc.Ex. Besides, basing our future course on 'observations in our present-day libraries' is a little backwards.Ex. A social skills training program was conducted with three mildly retarded black mothers identified as child maltreaters.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.----* retrasado mental = mentally retarded person, mentally backward.* retrasados mentales, los = mentally retarded, the.* * *I- da adjetivoa) [SER] (Med, Psic) mentally handicappedb) [ESTAR] (en tarea, actividad)va or está muy retrasado con respecto a los demás — he lags a long way behind the others
c) <país/sociedad> backwardd) < reloj> slowII- da masculino, femenino: tbretrasado mental — mentally handicapped person, (mentally) retarded person, retard (AmE colloq & pej)
* * *= backward, backwards, retarded, cretinous, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, nonce.Ex: There are no entries under the terms backward, Deficient, Handicapped, Mental deficiency, Mentally deficient despite the fact that Class JGJ is devoted to the teaching of Deficient, Handicapped, etc.
Ex: Besides, basing our future course on 'observations in our present-day libraries' is a little backwards.Ex: A social skills training program was conducted with three mildly retarded black mothers identified as child maltreaters.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.* retrasado mental = mentally retarded person, mentally backward.* retrasados mentales, los = mentally retarded, the.* * *un niño retrasado a child with learning difficulties; (más grave) a mentally retarded o handicapped child2 [ ESTAR](en una tarea, actividad): tengo mucho trabajo retrasado I have a big backlog of work, I have a lot of work to catch up onvoy muy retrasado con el trabajo I'm really behind with my workva or está muy retrasado con respecto a sus compañeros he is lagging a long way behind his classmatesestán retrasados en los pagos they are behind in their payments, they are in arrears with their payments3 ‹país/sociedad› backward4 ‹reloj› slowmasculine, femininetb* * *
Del verbo retrasar: ( conjugate retrasar)
retrasado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
retrasado
retrasar
retrasado◊ -da adjetivoa) [SER] (Med, Psic) mentally handicappedb) [ESTAR] (en tarea, actividad):
están retrasados en los pagos they are behind in their payments;
tengo trabajo retrasado I have work to catch up on
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: tb
retrasar ( conjugate retrasar) verbo transitivo
retrasarse verbo pronominal
retrasado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (en el desarrollo físico) underdeveloped, immature
2 (en el desarrollo mental) retarded, backward
II sustantivo masculino y femenino retrasado (mental), mentally handicapped o retarded person
retrasar
I verbo transitivo
1 (hacer que algo vaya más lento) to slow down: las obras retrasaron el tráfico, the road works held up the traffic
2 (posponer) to delay, postpone: tendremos que retrasar las vacaciones, we will have to put off our holidays ➣ Ver nota en delay 3 (un reloj) to put back: retrasé el reloj una hora al llegar a Dublín, I put my clock back one hour when I arrived in Dublin
' retrasado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
floración
- retrasada
- retrasarse
English:
backward
- delay
- delayed
- late
- retarded
- behind
- subnormal
- unavoidably
* * *retrasado, -a♦ adj1. [país, industria] backward2. [reloj] slow;llevo el reloj retrasado my watch is slow;ese reloj va retrasado that clock is slow3. [tren] late, delayed;vamos muy retrasados en el proyecto we're very behind (schedule) with the project4. [persona] retarded, backward;un paciente retrasado (mental) a mentally retarded patient♦ nm,f* * *I part → retrasarII adjestá retrasado en clase he’s lagging behind in class;retrasado mental mentally handicapped* * *retrasado, -da adj1) : retarded, mentally slow2) : behind, in arrears3) : backward (of a country)4) : slow (of a watch)* * *retrasado adj1. (tren, etc) late2. (trabajo, etc) behind3. (reloj) slow4. (persona) retarded5. (país) backward -
16 obseso
adj.obsessed, maniacal.m.obsessed person, maniac, obsessed.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 maniac► adjetivo1 obsessed\obseso,-a sexual sex maniac* * *ADJ obsessed* * *- sa masculino, femenino (Psic) obsessive* * *= obsessed.Ex. No one but an obsessed fanatic would suggest that reading is all or enough in itself.----* obseso con la lectura = bookaholic.* obseso con los libros = bookaholic.* obseso sexual = sex pest.* * *- sa masculino, femenino (Psic) obsessive* * *= obsessed.Ex: No one but an obsessed fanatic would suggest that reading is all or enough in itself.
* obseso con la lectura = bookaholic.* obseso con los libros = bookaholic.* obseso sexual = sex pest.* * *obsessedmasculine, feminine( Psic) obsessivees un obseso sexual he's a sex maniac o he's obsessed with sex* * *
obseso,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Psic obsessive
2 familiar sex maniac
' obseso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
obsesa
English:
one-track
- sex-crazed
- sex-mad
* * *obseso, -a♦ adjobsessed♦ nm,fobsessive (person);es un obseso de la salud he's a health freak o fanaticobseso sexual sex maniac* * *adj obsessed* * *obseso, -sa adj: obsessed -
17 maníaco
adj.maniacal, demented, maniac, insane.m.maniac, maniac person.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1→ link=maníacomaníaco,-a* * *I IIa) (Psic) manicb) (fam) ( loco) maniac* * *= maniac, manic.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. Rowe's style can be characterized as ricocheting from one idea, quotation, or anecdote to another, and there is a manic quality to the reasoning.----* depresión maníaca = manic depression.* maniaco-depresión = manic depression.* maníaco depresivo = manic-depressive.* maníaco sexual = sex maniac.* * *I IIa) (Psic) manicb) (fam) ( loco) maniac* * *= maniac, manic.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: Rowe's style can be characterized as ricocheting from one idea, quotation, or anecdote to another, and there is a manic quality to the reasoning.* depresión maníaca = manic depression.* maniaco-depresión = manic depression.* maníaco depresivo = manic-depressive.* maníaco sexual = sex maniac.* * *manicmasculine, feminine1 ( Psic) manicCompuesto:sex maniac* * *
Multiple Entries:
maniaco
maníaco
maniaco◊ -ca, maníaco -ca sustantivo masculino, femeninoa) (Psic) manic
maníaco,-a, maniaco,-a
I adjetivo manic
II sustantivo masculino y femenino maniac
maníaco,-a, maniaco,-a
I adjetivo manic
II sustantivo masculino y femenino maniac
' maníaco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
maniaca
- maníaca
- maniaco
- ninguna
- ninguno
English:
maniac
- manic
- manic-depressive
* * *maniaco, -a, maníaco, -a♦ adjmanic♦ nm,fmaniacmaniaco depresivo manic-depressive;maniaco sexual sex maniac* * *I adj maniacalII m, maniaca f maniac* * *maníaco, -ca adj: maniacalmaníaco, -ca n: maniac -
18 primario
adj.1 primary, staple, basic, chief.2 primary, primitive.3 primary, high-voltage.4 idiopathic.* * *► adjetivo1 primary* * *(f. - primaria)adj.* * *ADJ [color, sector] primary; [instinto, necesidad] basic* * *- ria adjetivoc) (Psic) primaryd) (Elec) primary* * *= primary.Ex. The primary components in this area are place of publication, publisher's name and date of publication (that is, the date of edition).----* antención sanitaria primaria = primary care.* atención primaria de salud = primary health care.* bibliografía primaria = primary literature.* causa primaria = prime cause.* color primario = primary colour, true colour.* comicios primarios = primary election.* concepto primario = primary concept.* de atención primaria = preattentive.* documento primario = primary document, primary publication.* documentos primarios = primary material, primary source material.* elección primaria = primary election.* fuente primaria = source material.* información en su estado primario = raw information.* información primaria = primary information.* revista primaria = primary journal.* * *- ria adjetivoc) (Psic) primaryd) (Elec) primary* * *= primary.Ex: The primary components in this area are place of publication, publisher's name and date of publication (that is, the date of edition).
* antención sanitaria primaria = primary care.* atención primaria de salud = primary health care.* bibliografía primaria = primary literature.* causa primaria = prime cause.* color primario = primary colour, true colour.* comicios primarios = primary election.* concepto primario = primary concept.* de atención primaria = preattentive.* documento primario = primary document, primary publication.* documentos primarios = primary material, primary source material.* elección primaria = primary election.* fuente primaria = source material.* información en su estado primario = raw information.* información primaria = primary information.* revista primaria = primary journal.* * *1 (básico) ‹necesidades/objetivo› primary, basic; ‹deber› fundamental, primary2 (primitivo) ‹instintos› primitive3 ( Psic) primary4 ( Elec) primary* * *
primario◊ - ria adjetivo
primario,-a adjetivo primary
instintos primarios, primitive instincts
' primario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
primaria
- sector
English:
prep school
- primary
- preparatory
- primitive
* * *primario, -a adj1. [básico, elemental] primary2. [primitivo] primitive3. [era, enseñanza] primary4. [elecciones] primary* * *adj primary;elecciones primarias POL primaries, primary elections* * *: primary* * *primario adj primary -
19 deficitario
adj.showing a deficit.* * *► adjetivo1 showing a deficit\balance deficitario balance showing a deficit* * *ADJ1) (Econ) [empresa, operación] loss-makingfinanciación/reducción deficitaria — financing/reduction of the deficit
2)ser deficitario en algo — to be short of sth, be lacking in sth
* * *- ria adjetivo1) (Com, Fin) <división/sector> loss-making (before n)un balance deficitario — a deficit, a negative balance
la producción nacional de trigo sigue siendo deficitaria — there is still a shortfall in the country's wheat production
2) (Chi frml) (Psic)* * *- ria adjetivo1) (Com, Fin) <división/sector> loss-making (before n)un balance deficitario — a deficit, a negative balance
la producción nacional de trigo sigue siendo deficitaria — there is still a shortfall in the country's wheat production
2) (Chi frml) (Psic)* * *los resultados arrojan un balance deficitario the results show a deficit o a negative balancela producción nacional de trigo sigue siendo deficitaria there is still a shortfall in the country's wheat productionB* * *
deficitario,-a adj (una empresa) loss-making: el resultado del balance anual es claramente deficitario, the annual financial statement showes a loss
' deficitario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deficitaria
* * *deficitario, -a adj[empresa, operación] loss-making; [saldo, presupuesto] negative;la balanza comercial este año ha sido deficitaria the trade balance this year has been negative;zonas deficitarias en agua areas prone to water shortages* * *adj loss-making -
20 psicólogo
adj.psychologic, psychological.m.psychologist, shrink.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 psychologist* * *(f. - psicóloga)noun* * *psicólogo, -aSM / F psychologist* * *- ga masculino, femeninoa) (Psic) psychologistb) (fam) ( persona perspicaz)* * *- ga masculino, femeninoa) (Psic) psychologistb) (fam) ( persona perspicaz)* * *psicólogo -gamasculine, feminine1 ( Psic) psychologist2 ( fam)(persona perspicaz): mi madre es buena psicóloga my mother's a good judge of character* * *
psicólogo◊ -ga sustantivo masculino, femenino (Psic) psychologist
psicólogo,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino psychologist
' psicólogo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
psicóloga
English:
psychologist
- judge
* * *psicólogo, -a, sicólogo, -a nm,f1. [profesional] psychologistpsicólogo clínico clinical psychology;psicólogo cognitivo cognitive psychologist;psicólogo infantil child psychologist;psicólogo del trabajo occupational psychologist2. [persona perceptiva]el entrenador es un psicólogo excepcional the coach has an exceptional understanding of how players' minds work* * *m, psicóloga f psychologist* * *psicólogo, -ga n: psychologist* * *psicólogo n psychologist
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