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  • 21 entendido

    adj.
    knowing, learned, skilled, wise.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: entender.
    * * *
    1→ link=entender entender
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 expert
    * * *
    (f. - entendida)
    noun
    * * *
    entendido, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=comprendido) understood

    ¡entendido! — (=convenido) agreed!

    tenemos entendido que... — we understand that...

    2) [persona] (=experto) expert; (=cualificado) skilled; (=sabio) wise; (=informado) well-informed
    2.
    SM / F expert
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR] ( comprendido) understood

    tengo entendido que... — I understand o gather that...

    tenía entendido que... — I was under the impression that...

    bien entendido que... — (frml) on the understanding that...

    2) [ser] ( experto)

    entendido en algo: no soy muy entendido en estos temas I'm not very well up on these subjects; es muy entendido en política — he knows a lot about politics

    II
    - da masculino, femenino expert
    * * *
    = connoisseur, pundit, knowledgeable.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Neither pundit from the past, nor sage from the schools, neither authorised body nor inspired individual has come forward with a definition acceptable to all practising librarians as theirs and theirs alone, sharply defining them as a group.
    Ex. From this perspective librarians assume the role of knowledgeable user of the technology and its products.
    ----
    * entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.
    * ser un entendido en = be knowledgeable about.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR] ( comprendido) understood

    tengo entendido que... — I understand o gather that...

    tenía entendido que... — I was under the impression that...

    bien entendido que... — (frml) on the understanding that...

    2) [ser] ( experto)

    entendido en algo: no soy muy entendido en estos temas I'm not very well up on these subjects; es muy entendido en política — he knows a lot about politics

    II
    - da masculino, femenino expert
    * * *
    = connoisseur, pundit, knowledgeable.

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Neither pundit from the past, nor sage from the schools, neither authorised body nor inspired individual has come forward with a definition acceptable to all practising librarians as theirs and theirs alone, sharply defining them as a group.
    Ex: From this perspective librarians assume the role of knowledgeable user of the technology and its products.
    * entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.
    * ser un entendido en = be knowledgeable about.

    * * *
    entendido1 -da
    A [ ESTAR] (comprendido) understood
    tengo entendido que la casa está en venta I understand o gather that the house is for sale
    según tengo entendido será una boda íntima as I understand it, it's going to be a quiet wedding
    esto que quede bien entendido this must be clearly understood
    tenía entendido que te ibas mañana I was under the impression that you were leaving tomorrow
    eso se da por entendido that goes without saying
    no quiero interrupciones — ¿entendido? I don't want any interruptions — understood? o do you understand?
    bien entendido que … ( frml); on the understanding that …
    B [ SER] (experto) entendido EN algo:
    no soy muy entendido en estos temas I'm not very well up on these subjects
    entendido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    expert
    es un entendido en la materia he is an authority o expert on the subject
    * * *

    Del verbo entender: ( conjugate entender)

    entendido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    entender    
    entendido
    entender ( conjugate entender) verbo transitivo
    to understand;
    ‹ chiste› to understand, get (colloq);

    no entendí su nombre I didn't get his name;
    lo entendió todo al revés he got it all completely wrong;
    tú ya me entiendes you know what I mean;
    me has entendido mal you've misunderstood me;
    se hace entendido or (AmL) se da a entendido he makes himself understood;
    me dio a entendido que … she gave me to understand that …;
    dar algo a entendido to imply sth
    verbo intransitivo

    b) ( saber) entendido de algo to know about sth

    entenderse verbo pronominal
    1


    entendidose con algn to communicate with sb;
    a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? let's get this straight, who hit you?


    entendidose con algn to get along o on with sb
    2 ( refl):
    ◊ déjame, yo me entiendo leave me alone, I know what I'm doing

    entendido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 [ESTAR] ( comprendido) understood;

    tenía entendido que … I was under the impression that …;
    eso se da por entendido that goes without saying
    2 [ser] ( experto):

    es muy entendido en política he's very knowledgeable about politics
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    expert
    entender
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (comprender) to understand: a mi entender, está equivocado, in my opinion he's wrong
    no entendí ni papa/pío/jota de este libro, I didn't understand a word of this book
    no entiendo lo que quieres decir, I don't know what you mean
    no me entiendas mal, don't get me wrong
    nos dio a entender que no aceptaría el trabajo, he gave us to understand that he wouldn't accept the job
    2 (creer) to think: entendemos que no debiste hacerlo, we think you shouldn't have done that
    II verbo intransitivo entender de, (saber) to know about: entiende de música, he has an ear for music ➣ Ver nota en understand
    entendido,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino expert
    II adjetivo knowledgeable: son muy entendidos en literatura, they know a lot about literature
    ' entendido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conocedor
    - conocedora
    - entendida
    - suponer
    - entender
    - tener
    English:
    discriminating
    - misconception
    - sorry
    - understand
    - connoisseur
    - gather
    - knowledgeable
    - miss
    - understanding
    - yourself
    * * *
    entendido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [comprendido] understood;
    dar algo por entendido: daba por entendido que nos apoyarían I understood that they would support us;
    eso se da por entendido that goes without saying;
    que quede bien entendido que… I want it clearly understood that…;
    tener entendido: tengo entendido que te casas, ¿es verdad? I understand o I've heard you're getting married, is that right?;
    tenía entendido que te mudabas de ciudad I understood you were moving to another town;
    según tenía entendido, era una casa grande from what I'd understood, it was a large house
    2. [en preguntas, respuestas]
    ¿entendido? (is that) understood?;
    si lo vuelves a hacer te castigaré, ¿entendido? if you do it again, you'll be punished, is that clear o understood?;
    ¡entendido! all right!, okay!
    3. [versado] expert (en in);
    un político entendido en relaciones internacionales a politician well-versed in international relations
    ♦ nm,f
    expert (en on);
    según los entendidos en la materia… according to the experts…
    * * *
    I adj understood;
    ¿entendido? do you understand?, understood?;
    tengo entendido que I gather o understand that
    II m, entendida f expert, authority (en on)
    * * *
    entendido, -da adj
    1) : skilled, expert
    2)
    tener entendido : to understand, to be under the impression
    teníamos entendido que vendrías: we were under the impression you would come
    3)
    darse por entendido : to go without saying
    : expert, authority, connoisseur
    * * *
    entendido n expert

    Spanish-English dictionary > entendido

  • 22 erudito

    adj.
    erudite, educated, read, learned.
    m.
    scholar, highbrow, man of learning, scholarly person.
    * * *
    1 erudite, learned, scholarly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 scholar, expert
    \
    erudito,-a a la violeta familiar pseudo-intellectual
    * * *
    1. (f. - erudita)
    noun
    2. (f. - erudita)
    adj.
    * * *
    erudito, -a
    1.
    ADJ learned, scholarly, erudite frm
    2.
    SM / F scholar, learned person

    los eruditos en esta materia — those who are expert in this subject, those who really know about this subject

    un erudito a la violeta — pey a pseudo-intellectual

    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo <lenguaje/obra> erudite; < persona> learned, knowledgeable

    erudito en algo — learned in something, knowledgeable about something

    II
    - ta masculino, femenino scholar
    * * *
    = connoisseur, learned, scholar, scholarly, erudite, polymath, savant, highbrow [high-brow], man of letters.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Abstracts will accompany various learned, technical or scholarly contributions.
    Ex. Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.
    Ex. Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.
    Ex. The bulk of the town's residents had little time for culture, for the theater, for the erudite lecture.
    Ex. Many faculty would like to conceive of the 21st-century librarian as a polymath who is as sensitive to issues in the arts and humanities as he or she is knowledgeable about computers, networking and about related programming object management issues.
    Ex. The subsequent debate, which engaged astrologers, doctors, theologians, & savants, reveals the tensions in French culture at the dawn of the Enlightenment.
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex. The library was greatly expanded in the late 1650s to accommodate the needs of the scholars and men of letters attached to Fouquet and to add lustre to his political career.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo <lenguaje/obra> erudite; < persona> learned, knowledgeable

    erudito en algo — learned in something, knowledgeable about something

    II
    - ta masculino, femenino scholar
    * * *
    = connoisseur, learned, scholar, scholarly, erudite, polymath, savant, highbrow [high-brow], man of letters.

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Abstracts will accompany various learned, technical or scholarly contributions.
    Ex: Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.
    Ex: Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.
    Ex: The bulk of the town's residents had little time for culture, for the theater, for the erudite lecture.
    Ex: Many faculty would like to conceive of the 21st-century librarian as a polymath who is as sensitive to issues in the arts and humanities as he or she is knowledgeable about computers, networking and about related programming object management issues.
    Ex: The subsequent debate, which engaged astrologers, doctors, theologians, & savants, reveals the tensions in French culture at the dawn of the Enlightenment.
    Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex: The library was greatly expanded in the late 1650s to accommodate the needs of the scholars and men of letters attached to Fouquet and to add lustre to his political career.

    * * *
    erudito1 -ta
    ‹lenguaje/obra› erudite; ‹persona› learned, knowledgeable, erudite erudito EN algo learned IN sth, knowledgeable ABOUT sth
    erudito2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    scholar
    los eruditos en la materia experts in the subject
    * * *

    erudito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹lenguaje/obra› erudite;


    ‹ persona› learned, knowledgeable;
    erudito en algo learned in sth, knowledgeable about sth
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    scholar
    erudito,-a
    I adjetivo erudite, learned
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scholar
    ' erudito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    erudita
    English:
    knowledgeable
    - learned
    - scholar
    - erudite
    - learning
    - scholarly
    * * *
    erudito, -a
    ♦ adj
    erudite
    ♦ nm,f
    scholar;
    un erudito en la materia an expert on the subject
    * * *
    I adj learned, erudite
    II m, erudita f scholar
    * * *
    erudito, -ta adj
    letrado: erudite, learned
    erudito, -ta n
    : scholar

    Spanish-English dictionary > erudito

  • 23 estudioso

    adj.
    studious, scholarly, academic.
    m.
    scholar, learned person.
    * * *
    1 studious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 student, scholar
    * * *
    (f. - estudiosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    estudioso, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F expert, scholar

    un estudioso de la literatura medieval — an expert in o a scholar of medieval literature

    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo studious
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino scholar
    * * *
    = connoisseur, scholar, studious.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.
    Ex. His face wore a look of studious concentration.
    ----
    * estudioso de la metodología = methodologist.
    * estudioso de los incunables = incunabulist.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo studious
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino scholar
    * * *
    = connoisseur, scholar, studious.

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.
    Ex: His face wore a look of studious concentration.
    * estudioso de la metodología = methodologist.
    * estudioso de los incunables = incunabulist.

    * * *
    estudioso1 -sa
    studious
    estudioso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    scholar
    un estudioso del arte renacentista an expert in Renaissance art, a Renaissance art scholar
    * * *

    estudioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    studious
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    scholar
    estudioso,-a
    I adjetivo studious
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino specialist

    ' estudioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estudiosa
    - haber
    - pedagogo
    English:
    studious
    * * *
    estudioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    studious
    ♦ nm,f
    [especialista] expert, scholar;
    un estudioso de la cultura persa a scholar of Persian culture;
    un estudioso de la naturaleza humana a student of human nature
    * * *
    adj studious
    * * *
    estudioso, -sa adj
    : studious
    * * *
    estudioso adj studious

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudioso

  • 24 exigente

    adj.
    demanding.
    f. & m.
    demanding person.
    * * *
    1 demanding, exacting
    * * *
    adj.
    demanding, exacting
    * * *
    ADJ [persona, trabajo] demanding, exacting

    ser exigente con algn — to be demanding o exacting of sb, be hard on sb

    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> demanding; < prueba> demanding, exacting
    * * *
    = demanding, exacting, hard-driving, exigent, nitpicking [nit-picking], choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], discerning, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], fastidious, quality-sensitive.
    Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.
    Ex. She did observe, however, that his conduct was pretty well as it had been described: he was a hard-driving taskmaster and thoroughly autocratic.
    Ex. The exigent demands library managers face often result in highly dramatic events.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. This segment of the population is relatively quality-sensitive and not very price sensitive.
    ----
    * poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.
    * ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.
    * ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> demanding; < prueba> demanding, exacting
    * * *
    = demanding, exacting, hard-driving, exigent, nitpicking [nit-picking], choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], discerning, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], fastidious, quality-sensitive.

    Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.

    Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.
    Ex: She did observe, however, that his conduct was pretty well as it had been described: he was a hard-driving taskmaster and thoroughly autocratic.
    Ex: The exigent demands library managers face often result in highly dramatic events.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex: This segment of the population is relatively quality-sensitive and not very price sensitive.
    * poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.
    * ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.
    * ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

    * * *
    ‹persona› demanding; ‹prueba› demanding, exacting
    eres demasiado exigente con él you ask too much of him, you're too demanding with him, you're too hard on him
    el jefe está muy exigente esta tarde the boss is being very demanding this afternoon
    para paladares exigentes for the discerning palate
    * * *

     

    exigente adjetivo ‹persona/prueba› demanding;
    ‹clientela/paladar› discerning
    exigente adjetivo demanding
    ' exigente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - caprichoso
    - delicada
    - delicado
    - jodido
    - quisquilloso
    English:
    challenging
    - choosy
    - demanding
    - discerning
    - discriminating
    - easy-going
    - exacting
    - fussy
    - lax
    - particular
    - pick
    - please
    - taxing
    - undiscerning
    - fastidious
    - undemanding
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    demanding;
    ser exigente con alguien to be demanding of sb;
    no seas tan exigente con el chico don't ask so much from the lad;
    últimamente está bastante exigente he's been pretty demanding recently
    ♦ nmf
    demanding person;
    ser un exigente to be very demanding
    * * *
    adj demanding
    * * *
    : demanding, exacting
    * * *
    exigente adj demanding

    Spanish-English dictionary > exigente

  • 25 extravagante

    adj.
    1 eccentric, outlandish.
    2 extravagant, conspicuous, eccentric, highly unconventional.
    3 outrageous.
    f. & m.
    deviate.
    * * *
    1 (comportamiento) extravagant outrageous; (persona, ropa) flamboyant
    1 flamboyant person
    * * *
    ADJ [ideas, ropa, persona] extravagant, outlandish
    * * *
    adjetivo <comportamiento/ideas> outrageous, extravagant; <persona/ropa> flamboyant, outrageous
    * * *
    = extravagant, fancy, fanciful, outrageous, flamboyant, outlandish, way out in left field, freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. The claims that ISBD will make the entries produced in any country 'easily understood' in any other country and integrable with the entries produced in any other country are obviously and incredibly extravagant.
    Ex. This kind of research, whether on processes of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot, should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
    Ex. Their terminology is confusing and unrealistic, and the ideas about education for librarianship are fanciful but unoriginal.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. From this chance observation, Kazantsev drew two conclusions: one dead on target, the other, way out in left field.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * extravagante, lo = fanciful, the.
    * * *
    adjetivo <comportamiento/ideas> outrageous, extravagant; <persona/ropa> flamboyant, outrageous
    * * *
    = extravagant, fancy, fanciful, outrageous, flamboyant, outlandish, way out in left field, freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: The claims that ISBD will make the entries produced in any country 'easily understood' in any other country and integrable with the entries produced in any other country are obviously and incredibly extravagant.

    Ex: This kind of research, whether on processes of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot, should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
    Ex: Their terminology is confusing and unrealistic, and the ideas about education for librarianship are fanciful but unoriginal.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: From this chance observation, Kazantsev drew two conclusions: one dead on target, the other, way out in left field.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * extravagante, lo = fanciful, the.

    * * *
    1 ‹comportamiento/ideas› outrageous, extravagant; ‹persona› flamboyant
    2 ‹ropa› flamboyant, outrageous, outlandish
    * * *

    extravagante adjetivo ‹comportamiento/ideas› outrageous, extravagant;
    ‹persona/ropa› flamboyant, outrageous
    extravagante adjetivo odd, outlandish
    ' extravagante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colgada
    - colgado
    English:
    fanciful
    - fancy
    - flamboyant
    - outlandish
    - outrageous
    - extravagant
    * * *
    1. [excéntrico] eccentric
    2. [raro] outlandish
    * * *
    I adj eccentric
    II m/f eccentric
    * * *
    : extravagant, outrageous, flamboyant
    * * *
    extravagante adj eccentric / flamboyant

    Spanish-English dictionary > extravagante

  • 26 loco

    adj.
    1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.
    2 crazy.
    m.
    madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.
    * * *
    1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane
    2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lunatic, insane person
    \
    a lo loco any old how
    como un,-a loco,-a like mad
    estar loco,-a de alegría to be over the moon
    estar loco,-a por alguien to be mad about somebody
    hacer el loco to act wild
    hacerse 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 mad
    volverse loco,-a to go mad
    loco,-a de remate stark raving mad
    * * *
    1. (f. - loca)
    adj.
    crazy, mad
    2. (f. - loca)
    noun
    * * *
    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

    • 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

    • volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

    2) (=frenético) hectic
    3) * (=enorme)
    2.
    SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

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

    • 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

    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

    ¿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)

    c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

    d) (fam) ( ajetreado)
    2)
    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

    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

    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 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

    ¿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)

    c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

    d) (fam) ( ajetreado)
    2)
    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

    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

    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
    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);


    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


    está loco por volver he's dying to come back (colloq)
    d) (fam) ( ajetreado):




    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;

    ■ 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
    ♦ 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;
    estar loco de atar o [m5] de remate to be stark raving 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;
    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!;
    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!;
    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
    * * *
    I adj mad, crazy;
    a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;
    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 m
    1 madman;
    cada loco con su tema each to his own;
    hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.
    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]
    loco2 n lunatic

    Spanish-English dictionary > loco

  • 27 majareta

    adj.
    nuts, crazy.
    f.
    loony, crazy person, crackpot, basket case.
    * * *
    1 familiar→ link=majara majara
    * * *
    = wacko, stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, madman, lunatic, basket case, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, mad, crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
    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. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    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. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    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. 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. 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. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    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.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    = wacko, stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, madman, lunatic, basket case, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, mad, crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

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

    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
    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: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    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: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    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: 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: 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: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    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.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *

    majara, majareta adj fam loony, nutty
    ' majareta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    majara
    English:
    marble
    - rocker
    * * *
    majareta, Esp majara Fam
    ♦ adj
    nutty
    ♦ nmf
    nutcase
    * * *
    adj fam
    nutty fam, screwy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > majareta

  • 28 novela de fantasía

    Ex. The author studies the main features of Andre Malraux's early quasi surrealist fantasy novel: Le Royaume Farfelu (Kingdom of the bizarre).
    * * *

    Ex: The author studies the main features of Andre Malraux's early quasi surrealist fantasy novel: Le Royaume Farfelu (Kingdom of the bizarre).

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela de fantasía

  • 29 opio

    m.
    opium.
    * * *
    1 opium
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=sustancia) opium
    2) Cono Sur * (=tostón) drag *
    * * *
    masculino (Bot, Farm) opium
    * * *
    = opium.
    Ex. It has puzzled many commentators that the name of such a respectable provincial library should appear in the novel 'Confessions of an opium Eater', an account of the bizarre nightmares suffered by De Quincey, the author, as a result of his addiction to opium.
    * * *
    masculino (Bot, Farm) opium
    * * *

    Ex: It has puzzled many commentators that the name of such a respectable provincial library should appear in the novel 'Confessions of an opium Eater', an account of the bizarre nightmares suffered by De Quincey, the author, as a result of his addiction to opium.

    * * *
    A ( Bot, Farm) opium
    el opio del pueblo the opium of the masses
    B
    ( RPl fam) (aburrimiento): fue un opio total it was incredibly boring
    * * *

    opio sustantivo masculino (Bot, Farm) opium
    opio sustantivo masculino opium
    ' opio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    opium
    * * *
    opio nm
    opium;
    el opio del pueblo the opium of the people;
    RP Fam
    ser un opio to be a yawn
    * * *
    m opium
    * * *
    opio nm
    : opium

    Spanish-English dictionary > opio

  • 30 peculiar

    adj.
    1 typical, characteristic.
    2 peculiar (raro, curioso).
    * * *
    1 (raro) peculiar
    2 (característico) particular, personal
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=particular, característico) particular

    su peculiar manera de ver las cosas — his particular way of seeing things, his own individual way of seeing things

    un rasgo peculiar de su carácter — a particular o characteristic trait of his

    2) (=raro) peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    1) ( característico) particular
    2) (poco común, raro) < sensación> peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    = peculiar, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * muy peculiar = highly distinctive.
    * peculiar de = peculiar to.
    * * *
    1) ( característico) particular
    2) (poco común, raro) < sensación> peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    = peculiar, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.

    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * muy peculiar = highly distinctive.
    * peculiar de = peculiar to.

    * * *
    A (característico) particular
    es un rasgo peculiar de su personalidad it's a particular trait of his
    su peculiar modo de escribir her own particular o individual way of writing
    las características peculiares de este país the characteristics peculiar to this country
    reaccionó con su peculiar buen humor he reacted with his characteristic o usual good humor
    B (poco común, raro) ‹sensación› peculiar, unusual
    con características muy peculiares with very unusual characteristics
    * * *

    peculiar adjetivo
    1 ( característico) particular;

    con su peculiar buen humor with his characteristic good humor
    2 (poco común, raro) ‹ sensación› peculiar, unusual
    peculiar adjetivo
    1 (inusual, raro) peculiar, odd: esta comida tiene un sabor peculiar, this meal has a peculiar taste
    2 (que es propio de algo/alguien) characteristic, distinctive: tiene una peculiar manera de andar, she has a distinctive way of walking
    ' peculiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    particular
    - propia
    - propio
    - singular
    - suya
    - suyo
    - tic
    - hispanismo
    - peregrino
    English:
    peculiar
    - set-up
    * * *
    1. [característico] typical, characteristic;
    tiene el sabor peculiar de la cebolla it has the characteristic o distinctive taste of onion;
    trabajaba con su peculiar seriedad he worked with characteristic seriousness
    2. [raro, curioso] peculiar;
    tiene una manera muy peculiar de hacer las cosas she has a very peculiar o strange way of doing things
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( singular) peculiar, odd
    2 ( característico) typical
    * * *
    1) característico: particular, characteristic
    2) raro: peculiar, uncommon
    * * *
    peculiar adj characteristic

    Spanish-English dictionary > peculiar

  • 31 perfeccionista

    adj.
    perfectionist.
    f. & m.
    perfectionist.
    * * *
    1 perfectionist
    1 perfectionist
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino y femenino perfectionist
    * * *
    = perfectionist, fastidious.
    Ex. Those who are ' perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino perfectionist
    * * *
    = perfectionist, fastidious.

    Ex: Those who are ' perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    * * *
    perfectionist
    * * *

    perfeccionista sustantivo masculino y femenino
    perfectionist
    perfeccionista adjetivo & mf perfectionist
    ' perfeccionista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    perfectionist
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    perfectionist
    ♦ nmf
    perfectionist
    * * *
    I adj perfectionist
    II m/f perfectionist
    * * *
    : perfectionist

    Spanish-English dictionary > perfeccionista

  • 32 pintoresco

    adj.
    1 picturesque, colourful, quaint, colorful.
    2 colorful, colourful, flowery.
    * * *
    1 (lugar) picturesque
    2 (persona) bizarre, colourful (US colorful)
    * * *
    (f. - pintoresca)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo picturesque
    * * *
    = quaint, colourful [colorful, -USA], scenic, picturesque.
    Ex. Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.
    Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of ' colorful' characters.
    Ex. This book is a concise guide to conservation easements (legal interests in private land that permanently limit development to protect agricultural, scenic, ecological and historic resources) for ranchers.
    Ex. It is a small town of unfailing charm, surrounded by fantastic mountains crowned with the picturesque ruins of a medieval fortress.
    ----
    * historia pintoresca = colourful story.
    * lo pintoresco = quaintness.
    * lugar pintoresco = beauty spot.
    * sitio pintoresco = beauty spot.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo picturesque
    * * *
    = quaint, colourful [colorful, -USA], scenic, picturesque.

    Ex: Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.

    Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of ' colorful' characters.
    Ex: This book is a concise guide to conservation easements (legal interests in private land that permanently limit development to protect agricultural, scenic, ecological and historic resources) for ranchers.
    Ex: It is a small town of unfailing charm, surrounded by fantastic mountains crowned with the picturesque ruins of a medieval fortress.
    * historia pintoresca = colourful story.
    * lo pintoresco = quaintness.
    * lugar pintoresco = beauty spot.
    * sitio pintoresco = beauty spot.

    * * *
    1 ‹lugar/paisaje› picturesque
    2 ‹lenguaje/costumbres› picturesque, colorful*
    * * *

    pintoresco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    picturesque
    pintoresco,-a adjetivo
    1 (lugar) picturesque, quaint
    un lugar muy pintoresco, a place full of local color
    2 (persona) bizarre

    ' pintoresco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pintoresca
    - folklórico
    English:
    beauty spot
    - colourful
    - picturesque
    - quaint
    - scenic
    - beauty
    * * *
    pintoresco, -a adj
    1. [bonito] picturesque
    2. [extravagante] colourful
    * * *
    adj picturesque
    * * *
    pintoresco, -ca adj
    : picturesque, quaint

    Spanish-English dictionary > pintoresco

  • 33 puntilloso

    adj.
    punctilious, excessively correct, overparticular about trivial details, nitpicking.
    * * *
    1 (susceptible) touchy
    2 (exigente) punctilious
    * * *
    ADJ (=detallista) punctilious; (=susceptible) touchy, sensitive
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo particular, punctilious
    * * *
    = nitpicking [nit-picking], fastidious.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    ----
    * demasiado puntilloso = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo particular, punctilious
    * * *
    = nitpicking [nit-picking], fastidious.

    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    * demasiado puntilloso = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].

    * * *
    particular, punctilious
    * * *

    puntilloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    particular, punctilious

    * * *
    puntilloso, -a adj
    1. [susceptible] touchy
    2. [meticuloso] punctilious
    * * *
    adj particular, punctilious fml
    * * *
    puntilloso, -sa adj
    : punctilious

    Spanish-English dictionary > puntilloso

  • 34 quisquilloso

    adj.
    touchy, delicate, jumpy, finicky.
    * * *
    1 finicky, fussy, touchy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fusspot
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=susceptible) touchy, oversensitive; (=irritable) irritable; (=perfeccionista) pernickety *, persnickety (EEUU) *, choosy, fussy
    2) (=preocupado por nimiedades) too bothered about petty details
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.
    Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.
    Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.

    * * *
    1
    (meticuloso, exigente): es terriblemente quisquilloso y no le gusta que nadie toque sus cosas he is terribly particular and he doesn't like anyone touching his things
    ningún hotel le vino bien, es tan quisquilloso none of the hotels suited him, he's so hard to please o so choosy o so fussy
    2 (susceptible) touchy
    * * *

    quisquilloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq);


    ( susceptible) touchy
    quisquilloso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (meticuloso) fussy
    2 (suspicaz) touchy
    ' quisquilloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    quisquillosa
    - chinche
    - fastidioso
    English:
    fussy
    - nit
    - picky
    * * *
    quisquilloso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [detallista] pernickety
    2. [susceptible] touchy, oversensitive
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [detallista] nit-picker
    2. [susceptible] touchy person;
    ser un quisquilloso to be touchy
    * * *
    adj touchy
    * * *
    quisquilloso, -sa adj
    : fastidious, fussy
    quisquilloso, -sa n
    : fussy person, fussbudget
    * * *
    1. (exigente) fussy [comp. fussier; superl. fussiest]
    2. (susceptible) touchy [comp. touchier; superl. touchiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > quisquilloso

  • 35 redentor

    adj.
    redemptive, redeeming.
    m.
    1 redeemer, savior, saviour.
    2 Redeemer, Good Shepherd.
    * * *
    1 redeeming
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 redeemer
    1 RELIGIÓN the Redeemer
    * * *
    redentor, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F redeemer
    3.
    SM

    Redentor — Redeemer, Saviour, Savior (EEUU)

    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo redeeming
    II
    - tora masculino, femenino redeemer

    el Redentor — (Relig) The Redeemer o Savior*

    meterse a redentor — (fam) to poke one's nose in (colloq)

    * * *
    = redeeming, saviour [savior, -USA], redeemer.
    Ex. While the library should attempt to reach the masses with ' redeeming' literature, it must also dedicate itself fully to serving the intellectual leadership of the community.
    Ex. The work of proclaiming Jesus as the only Savior of the world encounters problems, however, in a region Muslims and Christians have rubbed elbows for nearly two centuries.
    Ex. Their leader, a bizarre charismatic known only as 'The Redeemer,' has disappeared without a trace.
    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo redeeming
    II
    - tora masculino, femenino redeemer

    el Redentor — (Relig) The Redeemer o Savior*

    meterse a redentor — (fam) to poke one's nose in (colloq)

    * * *
    = redeeming, saviour [savior, -USA], redeemer.

    Ex: While the library should attempt to reach the masses with ' redeeming' literature, it must also dedicate itself fully to serving the intellectual leadership of the community.

    Ex: The work of proclaiming Jesus as the only Savior of the world encounters problems, however, in a region Muslims and Christians have rubbed elbows for nearly two centuries.
    Ex: Their leader, a bizarre charismatic known only as 'The Redeemer,' has disappeared without a trace.

    * * *
    redeeming
    masculine, feminine
    redeemer
    el Redentor ( Relig) The Redeemer o Savior*
    meterse a redentor ( fam); to poke one's nose in ( colloq)
    * * *

    redentor
    ◊ - tora adjetivo

    redeeming
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    redeemer
    redentor,-ora
    I adjetivo redeeming
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino redeemer
    Rel el Redentor, the Saviour o Redeemer

    ' redentor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    redentora
    * * *
    redentor, -ora nm,f
    1. [persona] redeemer
    2. Rel
    el Redentor the Redeemer
    * * *
    m, redentora f COM redeemer;
    el Redentor REL the Savior, Br the Saviour
    * * *
    redentor, - tora adj
    : redeeming
    : redeemer

    Spanish-English dictionary > redentor

  • 36 sonado

    adj.
    talked-about, renowned, famous, well-known.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: sonar.
    * * *
    1→ link=sonar sonar
    1 (conocido) famous
    2 (escándalo etc) much talked-about
    3 familiar figurado (loco) mad, crazy
    \
    hacer una que sea sonada familiar to cause a great stir
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=comentado) [éxito, noticia] much talked-about; [escándalo, estafa] notorious

    ha sido un divorcio muy sonado — their divorce has caused a great stir, it has been a much talked-about divorce

    el escándalo fue muy sonado — the scandal was much talked about, it was a notorious scandal

    hacer una que sea sonada — * to kick up a stink *

    2) * (=chiflado)

    estar sonado — to be crazy; (Boxeo) to be punch drunk

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <boda/suceso/noticia> much-talked-about
    2)
    a) < boxeador> punch-drunk
    b) (fam) ( torpe) stupid (colloq)
    3) (AmL fam) ( en dificultades) [estar] in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)

    si no hay nadie en casa, estoy sonado — if there's nobody home, I've had it (colloq)

    * * *
    = resounding failure, resounding, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker.
    Ex. How well it is done ulitmately represents the difference between conspicuous success and resounding failure.
    Ex. The answer was a resounding yes.
    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. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    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. 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.
    ----
    * estar sonado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <boda/suceso/noticia> much-talked-about
    2)
    a) < boxeador> punch-drunk
    b) (fam) ( torpe) stupid (colloq)
    3) (AmL fam) ( en dificultades) [estar] in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)

    si no hay nadie en casa, estoy sonado — if there's nobody home, I've had it (colloq)

    * * *
    = resounding failure, resounding, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker.

    Ex: How well it is done ulitmately represents the difference between conspicuous success and resounding failure.

    Ex: The answer was a resounding yes.
    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: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    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: 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.
    * estar sonado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    sonado -da
    A ‹boda/suceso/noticia› much-talked-about; ‹escándalo› notorious
    su sonada separación their much-talked-about o much-discussed separation
    fue un atraco muy sonado the robbery was much talked about, it was a famous robbery
    un caso de espionaje muy sonado a notorious o a very famous spy case
    B
    1 ‹boxeador› punch-drunk
    2 ( fam) (torpe) stupid ( colloq)
    C ( AmL fam) (en dificultades) in a mess ( colloq), in trouble ( colloq)
    si no hay nadie en casa, estoy sonado if there's nobody home, I've had it ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo sonar: ( conjugate sonar)

    sonado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    sonado    
    sonar    
    soñado
    sonado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹boda/suceso/noticia› much-talked-about
    2

    b) (fam) ( torpe) stupid (colloq)

    3 (AmL fam) ( en dificultades) [estar] in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)
    sonar ( conjugate sonar) verbo intransitivo
    1 [teléfono/timbre] to ring;
    [ disparo] to ring out;

    soñadoon las doce en el reloj the clock struck twelve;
    me suenan las tripas (fam) my tummy's rumbling (colloq)
    2 (+ compl)
    a) [motor/instrumento] to sound;

    [ persona] to sound;

    sonaba preocupada she sounded worried;
    suena a hueco it sounds hollow
    b) [palabra/expresión] to sound

    3
    a) ( resultar conocido) (+ me/te/le etc):

    ◊ me suena tu cara your face is o looks familiar;

    ¿te suena este refrán? does this proverb ring a bell (with you) o sound familiar to you?
    b) ( parecer) soñado A algo to sound like sth

    4 (AmL fam) ( fracasar):

    sonamos we've blown it now (colloq)
    verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹ nariz› to wipe

    b) ‹ trompeta› to play

    2 (Méx fam)
    a) ( pegar) ‹ persona› to thump (colloq), to clobber (colloq)


    sonarse verbo pronominal: tb

    soñado -da adjetivo (AmL fam) divine (colloq), heavenly (colloq);
    ver tb soñar
    sonado,-a adjetivo
    1 (un boxeador) brain-damaged, punch-drunk
    2 fam (chiflado) mad
    3 (célebre, muy comentado) much talked of
    sonar verbo intransitivo
    1 (un instrumento, una melodía) to sound: su voz sonaba a preocupación, her voice sounded worried
    (un despertador) to ring, buzz
    2 (dar una impresión) to sound: lo que dices me suena a chino, what you are saying is Greek to me
    eso me suena a problemas, that sounds like trouble
    su propuesta no suena mal, I like the sound of her proposal
    3 (ser familiar) su cara me suena, his face rings a bell, ese nombre no me suena de nada, that name is completely unknown to me
    4 (ser citado, mencionado) su nombre suena como candidato al premio, his name was put forward as a candidate for the prize

    ' soñado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    soñar
    - sonada
    - sonado
    - sueño
    - campana
    English:
    undreamt-of
    * * *
    sonado, -a adj
    1. [renombrado] famous;
    va a ser un fracaso sonado it's going to be a spectacular o resounding failure;
    fue una fiesta sonada the party caused quite a stir
    2. Fam [loco] crazy
    3. [boxeador] punch drunk
    4. RP Fam [fastidiado]
    estar sonado to be done for, to have had it;
    si no cobramos mañana estoy sonada if we don't get paid tomorrow I'm done for o I've had it
    * * *
    adj fam
    famous, well-known
    * * *
    sonado, -da adj
    : celebrated, famous, much-discussed

    Spanish-English dictionary > sonado

  • 37 surrealista

    adj.
    1 surrealist.
    2 surrealistic, abstract, nonrealistic, surreal.
    f. & m.
    surrealist.
    * * *
    1 surrealist, surrealistic
    1 surrealist
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ surrealist, surrealistic
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <artista/exposición> surrealist (before n); <estilo/efecto> surrealistic
    II
    masculino y femenino surrealist
    * * *
    = surreal, surrealist, surrealistic, oniric [oneiric], dreamlike, oneiric [oniric].
    Ex. Even studies that make qualitative allowances will still imply a surreal causal analysis that is mostly speculation.
    Ex. The author studies the main features of Andre Malraux's early quasi surrealist fantasy novel: Le Royaume Farfelu (Kingdom of the bizarre).
    Ex. His paintings feature surrealistic and often disturbing views of animal and plant life.
    Ex. After a while, Isabelle comes to doubt her perceptions of reality, and enters into an oniric universe of doubt and mystery.
    Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    Ex. The entire movie is a hallucination, an oneiric narrative.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <artista/exposición> surrealist (before n); <estilo/efecto> surrealistic
    II
    masculino y femenino surrealist
    * * *
    = surreal, surrealist, surrealistic, oniric [oneiric], dreamlike, oneiric [oniric].

    Ex: Even studies that make qualitative allowances will still imply a surreal causal analysis that is mostly speculation.

    Ex: The author studies the main features of Andre Malraux's early quasi surrealist fantasy novel: Le Royaume Farfelu (Kingdom of the bizarre).
    Ex: His paintings feature surrealistic and often disturbing views of animal and plant life.
    Ex: After a while, Isabelle comes to doubt her perceptions of reality, and enters into an oniric universe of doubt and mystery.
    Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    Ex: The entire movie is a hallucination, an oneiric narrative.

    * * *
    ‹artista/exposición› surrealist ( before n); ‹estilo/efecto› surrealistic
    surrealist
    * * *

    surrealista adjetivo ‹artista/exposición› surrealist ( before n);
    ‹estilo/efecto› surrealistic
    surrealista adjetivo & mf surrealist
    ' surrealista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    movimiento
    English:
    surrealist
    - zany
    - surreal
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [en arte, literatura, cine] surrealist
    2. [absurdo] surreal
    ♦ nmf
    surrealist
    * * *
    m/f & adj surrealist

    Spanish-English dictionary > surrealista

  • 38 zumbado

    1 familiar crazy, loony
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [estar] (Esp arg)
    a) ( loco) crazy

    no sé lo que hago, estoy zumbado — I haven't (got) a clue what I'm doing, I've lost it

    2) [ESTAR] (Ven fam) ( osado) fresh (AmE), cheeky (BrE)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], mad, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + nut, 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. 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. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    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. 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.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [estar] (Esp arg)
    a) ( loco) crazy

    no sé lo que hago, estoy zumbado — I haven't (got) a clue what I'm doing, I've lost it

    2) [ESTAR] (Ven fam) ( osado) fresh (AmE), cheeky (BrE)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], mad, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + nut, 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: 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: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    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: 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.

    * * *
    zumbado1 -da
    A [ ESTAR] ( Esp arg)
    1 (loco) crazy
    2
    (alocado): no sé lo que hago, estoy zumbado I haven't a clue what I'm doing, I'm completely out of it o I'm just not with it ( colloq)
    B [ ESTAR] ( Ven fam) (osado) fresh ( AmE), cheeky ( BrE)
    zumbado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Ven fam)
    ¡ese tipo es un zumbado! that guy has some nerve ( AmE) o ( BrE) a nerve! ( colloq), that guy has got a cheek! ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo zumbar: ( conjugate zumbar)

    zumbado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    zumbado    
    zumbar
    zumbar ( conjugate zumbar) verbo intransitivo [ insecto] to buzz;
    [ motor] to hum, whirr;
    ◊ pasar zumbando [bala/coche] to whizz by;

    me zumbaban los oídos my ears were buzzing o ringing
    verbo transitivo
    1 (fam) ‹ persona› to give … a good hiding (colloq)
    2 (Ven fam) ( tirar) to chuck (colloq), to throw
    zumbado,-a adj fam crazy, mad
    zumbar
    I vi (un insecto, una máquina) to buzz, hum
    II vtr fam to thrash
    ' zumbado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    zumbada
    * * *
    zumbado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    screwy, Br bonkers
    ♦ nm,f
    nut, crackpot
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy
    * * *
    zumbado adj (loco) crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > zumbado

  • 39 delirio bizarro

    m.
    bizarre delusion, bizarre delirium.

    Spanish-English dictionary > delirio bizarro

  • 40 grotesco

    adj.
    grotesque, grim, gross, grisly.
    * * *
    1 grotesque, ridiculous
    * * *
    ADJ (=ridículo) grotesque; (=absurdo) bizarre, absurd
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <personaje/mueca> grotesque; < espectáculo> hideous, grotesque
    * * *
    = ludicrous, grotesque, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], risible, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], way out in left field, burlesque.
    Ex. Hernandez described the encounter as futile and ludicrous, and concluded that it tallied entirely with Lespran's expectation of it..
    Ex. The above examples are simple subjects; compound subjects such as 'Wiring methods in prefabricated steel-framed houses' would result in grotesque headings.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. The film can be considered innovative for its frank (albeit risible) depiction of transvestism.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. From this chance observation, Kazantsev drew two conclusions: one dead on target, the other, way out in left field.
    Ex. By mixing two or more languages macaronic verse is a peculiar, rare and often burlesque form of poetry that sometimes borders on nonsense.
    ----
    * de forma grotesca = grotesquely.
    * de manera grotesca = grotesquely.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <personaje/mueca> grotesque; < espectáculo> hideous, grotesque
    * * *
    = ludicrous, grotesque, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], risible, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], way out in left field, burlesque.

    Ex: Hernandez described the encounter as futile and ludicrous, and concluded that it tallied entirely with Lespran's expectation of it..

    Ex: The above examples are simple subjects; compound subjects such as 'Wiring methods in prefabricated steel-framed houses' would result in grotesque headings.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: The film can be considered innovative for its frank (albeit risible) depiction of transvestism.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: From this chance observation, Kazantsev drew two conclusions: one dead on target, the other, way out in left field.
    Ex: By mixing two or more languages macaronic verse is a peculiar, rare and often burlesque form of poetry that sometimes borders on nonsense.
    * de forma grotesca = grotesquely.
    * de manera grotesca = grotesquely.

    * * *
    1 ‹personaje/figura/mueca› grotesque
    2 ‹espectáculo› hideous, grotesque
    * * *

    grotesco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹personaje/mueca› grotesque;


    ‹ espectáculo› hideous, grotesque
    grotesco,-a adjetivo grotesque
    ' grotesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grotesca
    English:
    grotesque
    * * *
    grotesco, -a adj
    [personaje] grotesque; [traje] hideous; [declaración] absurd
    * * *
    adj grotesque
    * * *
    grotesco, -ca adj
    : grotesque, hideous

    Spanish-English dictionary > grotesco

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