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1 mad

mad adj

1 ( insane) [person] fou/folle ; ( enraged) [dog, bull] enragé ; to be mad with être fou de [grief, pain, joy] ; you must be mad! tu es (complètement) fou! ; to go mad ( insane) devenir fou/folle ; it's nationalism gone mad fig c'est du nationalisme poussé à l'extrême ; are you/is he mad? tu es/il est fou or malade? ; of course not, do you think I'm mad? mais non, tu me prends pour un fou? ;

2 ( foolish) [idea, hope, feeling, scheme] insensé ; it is mad to do ou doing c'est fou or de la folie de faire ; he is/they are mad to do c'est de la folie de sa/leur part de faire ; you'd be mad to give up your job ce serait fou de démissionner ; I'm mad even to think of it je suis fou d'en avoir eu l'idée ; to go mad ○ ( spend money) faire des folies ;

3 ( angry) [person] ( jamais épith) très en colère, furieux/-ieuse ; to be mad at ou with sb être très en colère contre qn ; to get mad at ou with sb se mettre en colère contre qn ; they are mad at us for coming back late ils sont furieux que nous soyons rentrés tard or parce que nous sommes rentrés tard ; to be mad about sth être en colère à cause de qch ; to be mad (that)… être furieux que… (+ subj) ; she'd be mad if she knew elle serait furieuse si elle l'apprenait ; to go mad ○ être fou de rage ; to make sb mad exaspérer qn ; it makes me mad to think of it! ça me rend furieux d'y penser! ; to drive sb mad rendre qn fou (de rage) ;

4 ○ ( enthusiastic) mad about ou on fou de [person, hobby, sport, music] ; I'm not mad about the idea l'idée ne m'emballe ○ pas tellement ; he's not mad about the teacher/about fish il n'aime pas beaucoup le professeur/le poisson ; to be horse-/football-/movie-mad être un passionné or un mordu ○ des chevaux/de football/de cinéma ; she's money-mad! elle adore l'argent! ;

5 ( frantic) [dash, panic, race, traffic] infernal ; to be mad for être fou de [film, popstar] ; réclamer [food, blood, goods] ; to be in a mad rush être très pressé ; it was a mad scramble to finish on time ça a été la panique ○ pour finir en temps voulu ; we made a mad dash for the bus on a couru comme des fous pour attraper le bus.

Idiom

to work/laugh/run like mad travailler/rire/courir comme un fou/une folle.

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[mæd]
aggettivo

1) (insane) [ person] matto; [ idea] folle; (enraged) [ dog] rabbioso; [ bull] infuriato

to be mad with — essere pazzo di [grief, joy]

to go mad — impazzire; colloq. (spend money) fare follie

it is mad to do o doing è una follia fare; they are mad to do — sono pazzi a fare

2) mai attrib. (angry) [ person] infuriato, furioso

to be, get mad at o with sb. essere infuriato, infuriarsi con qcn.; to be mad about sth. essere in collera per qcs.; to go mad colloq. impazzire di rabbia; to drive sb. mad — fare impazzire qcn., portare qcn. all'esasperazione

3) colloq. (enthusiastic)

mad about o on pazzo di [ person]; pazzo per [ hobby]; to be movie-mad — essere appassionato o fanatico di cinema

4) (frantic) [race, panic] folle; [ traffic] infernale

to be mad for — essere avido di [food, goods]

to be in a mad rush — avere una fretta pazzesca

it was a mad scramble to finish on time — abbiamo fatto corse folli per finire in tempo

we made a mad dash for the bus — abbiamo corso come dei pazzi per prendere l'autobus

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like mad — [work, laugh, run] come un pazzo

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[mæd]
adjective

1) (mentally disturbed or insane: Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.) matto

2) ((sometimes with at or with) very angry: She was mad at me for losing my keys.) furibondo

3) ((with about) having a great liking or desire for: I'm just mad about Harry.) pazzo di; appassionato

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[mæd]
aggettivo

1) (insane) [ person] matto; [ idea] folle; (enraged) [ dog] rabbioso; [ bull] infuriato

to be mad with — essere pazzo di [grief, joy]

to go mad — impazzire; colloq. (spend money) fare follie

it is mad to do o doing è una follia fare; they are mad to do — sono pazzi a fare

2) mai attrib. (angry) [ person] infuriato, furioso

to be, get mad at o with sb. essere infuriato, infuriarsi con qcn.; to be mad about sth. essere in collera per qcs.; to go mad colloq. impazzire di rabbia; to drive sb. mad — fare impazzire qcn., portare qcn. all'esasperazione

3) colloq. (enthusiastic)

mad about o on pazzo di [ person]; pazzo per [ hobby]; to be movie-mad — essere appassionato o fanatico di cinema

4) (frantic) [race, panic] folle; [ traffic] infernale

to be mad for — essere avido di [food, goods]

to be in a mad rush — avere una fretta pazzesca

it was a mad scramble to finish on time — abbiamo fatto corse folli per finire in tempo

we made a mad dash for the bus — abbiamo corso come dei pazzi per prendere l'autobus

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like mad — [work, laugh, run] come un pazzo

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mad [mæd]

1 adjective

(a) esp British (crazy) fou (folle);

∎ to go mad devenir fou;

∎ you must have been mad to do it il fallait être fou pour faire ça;

∎ that's a mad idea c'est une idée folle ou insensée;

∎ to be mad with joy/grief être fou de joie/douleur;

∎ it's a case of patriotism gone mad c'est du patriotisme poussé à l'extrême ou qui frise la folie;

∎ to drive sb mad rendre qn fou;

∎ it's enough to drive you mad il y a de quoi devenir fou, c'est à vous rendre fou;

∎ you're driving me mad with all your questions tu me rends fou avec toutes tes questions;

∎ to be as mad as a hatter or a March hare être fou à lier;

∎ American Press MAD (magazine) = magazine satirique très populaire

(b) (absurd → ambition, plan) fou (folle), insensé;

∎ he's always full of mad schemes for making money il a toujours des plans insensés pour se faire de l'argent

(c) (angry) en colère, furieux;

∎ he went mad when he saw them il s'est mis dans une colère noire en les voyant;

∎ to be mad at or with sb être en colère ou fâché contre qn;

∎ she makes me mad elle m'énerve;

∎ don't get mad ne vous fâchez pas

(d) (frantic)

∎ there was a mad rush for the door tous les gens se sont rués vers la porte comme des fous;

∎ familiar I'm in a mad rush je suis très pressé^□, je suis à la bourre;

∎ there was a mad panic to sell les gens n'avaient plus qu'une idée en tête, vendre;

∎ figurative don't go mad and try to do it all yourself tu ne vas pas te tuer à essayer de tout faire toi-même?;

∎ familiar to run like mad courir comme un fou ou un dératé;

∎ familiar they were arguing like mad ils discutaient comme des perdus;

∎ familiar the kettle was boiling away like mad la bouilloire s'emballait

(e) familiar (enthusiastic, keen)

∎ to be mad about or on sth être fou (folle) ou dingue de qch;

∎ she's mad about cats elle adore les chats^□ ;

∎ he's mad about her il est fou d'elle;

∎ I can't say I'm mad about going je ne peux pas dire que ça m'emballe ou que je meure d'envie d'y aller;

∎ British to be mad for it (raring to go) être prêt à s'éclater

(f) (dog) enragé; (bull) furieux

2 noun

American familiar accès m de colère^□ ;

∎ to have a mad on être en pétard

3 adverb

British familiar

∎ to be mad keen on or about sth être dingue ou un(une) mordu(e) de qch

►► Veterinary medicine mad cow disease maladie f de la vache folle;

familiar Finance mad dog (company) société f en pleine expansion^□ ;

∎ there are several rising mad dogs in the IT sector il existe plusieurs sociétés en pleine expansion dans le secteur de l'informatique^□

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mad [mæd]

1. adjective

   a. [person] fou ( folle f) ; [idea] insensé ; [race] effréné

• to go mad devenir fou

• this is idealism gone mad c'est de l'idéalisme qui vire à la folie

• to drive sb mad rendre qn fou

• as mad as a hatter

• (stark) raving mad (inf) stark staring mad (inf) fou à lier

• that was a mad thing to do il fallait être fou pour faire cela

• you must be mad! ça va pas, non ! (inf)

• you must be mad, cycling in this weather! il faut vraiment que tu sois fou pour faire du vélo par ce temps !

• we had a mad dash for the bus nous avons dû foncer (inf) pour attraper le bus

► like mad (inf)

to run/laugh/work like mad courir/rire/travailler comme un fou

• the phone has been ringing like mad le téléphone n'a pas arrêté de sonner

   b. ( = angry) furieux

• to be mad at or with sb être furieux contre qn

• to get mad at or with sb s'emporter contre qn

• he was mad at or with me for spilling the tea il était furieux contre moi parce que j'avais renversé le thé

• he makes me mad! ce qu'il peut m'agacer !

   c. ( = enthusiastic) (inf)

mad on or about sth dingue (inf) de qch

• to be mad on or about sb être fou de qn

• to be mad on or about football être dingue (inf) de football

• I'm not mad about it ça ne m'emballe pas (inf)

   d. ( = excited) (inf)

the audience went mad le public s'est déchaîné

• the dog went mad when he saw his master le chien est devenu comme fou quand il a vu son maître

2. compounds

► mad cow disease noun maladie f de la vache folle

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[mæd]
adjective

1) [person] fou/folle ( with de); [dog, bull] enragé

to go mad — devenir fou/folle

2) ( foolish) [idea, scheme] insensé

it is mad to do ou doing — c'est fou (colloq) or de la folie de faire

they are mad to do — c'est de la folie de leur part de faire

to go mad — (colloq) ( spend money) faire des folies

3) (colloq) ( angry) (jamais épith) très en colère, furieux/-ieuse

to be mad at ou with somebody — être très en colère contre quelqu'un

to get mad at ou with somebody — se mettre en colère contre quelqu'un

to be mad about something — être en colère à cause de quelque chose

to go mad — être fou de rage

to make somebody mad — exaspérer quelqu'un

to drive somebody mad — rendre quelqu'un fou

4) (colloq) ( enthusiastic)

mad about ou on — fou de (colloq) [person, hobby]

to be movie-mad — être un passionné or un mordu (colloq) de cinéma

5) ( frantic) [panic] infernal

to be mad for blood — être assoiffé de sang or de vengeance

mad for food — affamé

the audience went mad — le public s'est déchaîné

to be in a mad rush — être très pressé

it was a mad scramble to do — ça a été la panique (colloq) pour faire

we made a mad dash for the bus — on a couru comme des fous pour attraper le bus

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to work like mad — travailler comme un fou/une folle

English-French dictionary > mad
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adjective

1) (insane) geisteskrank; irr [Blick, Ausdruck]

you must be mad! — du bist wohl verrückt! (ugs.)

2) (frenzied) wahnsinnig; verrückt (ugs.)

it's one mad rush — (coll.) es ist eine einzige Hetze

drive somebody mad — jemanden um den Verstand bringen od. (ugs.) verrückt machen

3) (foolish) verrückt (ugs.)

that was a mad thing to do — das war eine Dummheit od. (ugs.) verrückt

4) (very enthusiastic)

be/go mad about or on somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas wild sein/werden (ugs.)

be mad keen on something — (coll.) auf etwas (Akk.) ganz scharf od. wild sein (ugs.)

5) (coll.): (annoyed)

mad [with or at somebody] — sauer [auf jemanden] (ugs.)

6) (with rabies) toll[wütig]

[run etc.] like mad — (coll.) wie wild od. wie ein Wilder/eine Wilde (ugs.) [laufen usw.]

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[mæd]
adjective

1) (mentally disturbed or insane: Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.) verrückt

2) ((sometimes with at or with) very angry: She was mad at me for losing my keys.) sauer

3) ((with about) having a great liking or desire for: I'm just mad about Harry.) verrückt sein

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mad

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[mæd]

adj

1. esp BRIT ( fam: insane) wahnsinnig, geisteskrank, verrückt, durchgeknallt fam

she has a \mad look on her face sie hat einen irren Blick

to go \mad den Verstand verlieren, verrückt [o wahnsinnig] werden

to drive sb \mad jdn in den Wahnsinn treiben, jdn um den Verstand bringen, jdn verrückt [o wahnsinnig] machen

2. esp BRIT ( fig fam: foolish) verrückt

I must have been \mad ich war wohl nicht ganz bei Verstand

[stark] raving [or staring] \mad total [o völlig] verrückt fam

3. inv (frantic) wahnsinnig fam

I'm in a \mad rush ich hab's wahnsinnig eilig

to get into a \mad panic in wilde Panik geraten

like \mad wie ein Verrückter/eine Verrückte, wie verrückt

to be \mad with anxiety [or fear] wahnsinnige Angst haben

to be \mad with worry sich dat wahnsinnige Sorgen machen

to be \mad with joy/relief außer sich dat vor Freude/Erleichterung sein

4. ( fam: enthusiastic) verrückt fam, SCHWEIZ a. angefressen fam

▪ to be \mad about [or on] sb/sth nach jdm/etw [o auf jdn/etw] verrückt sein

she is \mad about children sie ist ganz versessen auf Kinder

to be \mad keen on sb/sth ( fam) versessen [o fam scharf] auf jdn/etw sein

to do sth like \mad etw wie ein Verrückter/eine Verrückte tun

5. AM ( fam: angry) böse, wütend, sauer fam

▪ to be \mad at [or with] sb auf jdn böse [o fam sauer] sein

he's \mad as hell at you er ist stinksauer auf dich fam

▪ to be \mad about [or at] sth über etw akk wütend [o fam sauer] sein

to drive [or make] sb \mad jdn rasend machen fam

6. (rabid) tollwütig

\mad dog tollwütiger Hund; ( fig) Verrückte(r) f(m), Durchgedrehte(r) f(m) fam

7. AM (sl) mega- sl

\mad cool megacool sl

\mad stupid saublöd fam

8.

▶ to be [as] \mad as a hatter [or March hare] total verrückt [o bescheuert] sein fam

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mad [mæd]

A adj (adv → madly)

1. wahnsinnig, verrückt (beide auch fig):

he was almost mad with jealousy er war fast verrückt vor Eifersucht;

go mad verrückt oder wahnsinnig werden;

drive sb mad

a) jemanden verrückt oder wahnsinnig machen,

b) jemandem auf den Wecker fallen umg;

it’s enough to drive one mad es ist zum Verrücktwerden;

like mad wie wahnsinnig, wie verrückt (arbeiten etc);

a mad plan ein verrücktes Vorhaben; → hare A 1, hatter

2. umg verrückt (about, on nach):

be mad about soccer fußballverrückt sein, einen Fußballfimmel haben;

a soccer-mad country ein fußballverrücktes Land;

be mad keen on Br ganz scharf oder wild sein auf (akk) (beide umg);

be mad keen to do sth Br ganz scharf oder wild darauf sein, etwas zu tun (beide umg)

3. besonders US umg sauer (with, at auf akk)

4. ausgelassen, übermütig:

they are having a mad time bei denen gehts toll zu, sie amüsieren sich großartig

5. wild (geworden):

a mad bull ein wilder Stier

6. VET tollwütig (Hund etc)

7. wild, heftig, wütend:

they made a mad scramble for the door sie stürzten wie wild zur Tür

B v/t

1. obs wahnsinnig oder verrückt machen

2. besonders US umg sauer machen

C v/i obs sich wie wahnsinnig oder toll gebärden

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adjective

1) (insane) geisteskrank; irr [Blick, Ausdruck]

you must be mad! — du bist wohl verrückt! (ugs.)

2) (frenzied) wahnsinnig; verrückt (ugs.)

it's one mad rush — (coll.) es ist eine einzige Hetze

drive somebody mad — jemanden um den Verstand bringen od. (ugs.) verrückt machen

3) (foolish) verrückt (ugs.)

that was a mad thing to do — das war eine Dummheit od. (ugs.) verrückt

4) (very enthusiastic)

be/go mad about or on somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas wild sein/werden (ugs.)

be mad keen on something — (coll.) auf etwas (Akk.) ganz scharf od. wild sein (ugs.)

5) (coll.): (annoyed)

mad [with or at somebody] — sauer [auf jemanden] (ugs.)

6) (with rabies) toll[wütig]

[run etc.] like mad — (coll.) wie wild od. wie ein Wilder/eine Wilde (ugs.) [laufen usw.]

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adj.

irre adj.

toll adj.

verrückt adj.

wahnsinnig adj.

English-german dictionary > mad
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<- dd> [mæd] adj

1) ( esp Brit) (fam: insane) wahnsinnig, geisteskrank, verrückt, durchgeknallt ( fam)

she has a \mad look on her face sie hat einen irren Blick;

to go \mad den Verstand verlieren, verrückt [o wahnsinnig] werden;

to drive sb \mad jdn in den Wahnsinn treiben, jdn um den Verstand bringen, jdn verrückt [o wahnsinnig] machen

2) ( esp Brit);

(fig fam: foolish) verrückt;

I must have been \mad ich war wohl nicht ganz bei Verstand;

[stark] raving [or staring] \mad total [o völlig] verrückt ( fam)

3) inv ( frantic) wahnsinnig ( fam)

I'm in a \mad rush ich hab's wahnsinnig eilig;

to get into a \mad panic in wilde Panik geraten;

like \mad wie ein Verrückter/eine Verrückte, wie verrückt;

to be \mad with anxiety [or fear] wahnsinnige Angst haben;

to be \mad with worry sich dat wahnsinnige Sorgen machen;

to be \mad with joy/ relief außer sich dat vor Freude/Erleichterung sein

4) (fam: enthusiastic) verrückt ( fam)

to be \mad about [or on] sb/ sth nach jdm/etw [o auf jdn/etw] verrückt sein;

she is \mad about children sie ist ganz versessen auf Kinder;

to be \mad keen on sb/ sth ( fam) versessen [o ( fam) scharf] auf jdn/etw sein;

to do sth like \mad etw wie ein Verrückter/eine Verrückte tun

5) (Am) (fam: angry) böse, wütend, sauer ( fam)

to be \mad at [or with] sb auf jdn böse [o ( fam) sauer] sein;

he's \mad as hell at you er ist stinksauer auf dich ( fam)

to be \mad about [or at] sth über etw akk wütend [o ( fam) sauer] sein;

to drive [or make] sb \mad jdn rasend machen ( fam)

6) ( rabid) tollwütig;

\mad dog tollwütiger Hund; ( fig) Verrückte(r) f(m), Durchgedrehte(r) f(m) ( fam)

7) (Am) (sl) mega- (sl)

\mad cool megacool (sl)

\mad fun megafun (sl)

\mad stupid saublöd ( fam)

PHRASES:

to be [as] \mad as a hatter [or March hare] total verrückt [o bescheuert] sein ( fam)

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mæd
adjective

1) (mentally disturbed or insane: Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.) loco

2) ((sometimes with at or with) very angry: She was mad at me for losing my keys.) furioso

3) ((with about) having a great liking or desire for: I'm just mad about Harry.) loco (por)

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mad adj

1. loco

you must be mad to go out with him! ¡debes de estar loca para salir con él!

2. furioso / muy enfadado

he was really mad with me for breaking the window se enfadó muchísimo porque rompí el cristal

like mad a toda pastilla

he was running like mad corría a toda pastilla

to drive somebody mad volver loco a alguien

to be mad about... estar loco por...

to go mad volverse loco

El comparativo de mad se escribe madder; el superlativo se escribe maddest

mad

tr[mæd]

adjective (comp madder, superl maddest)

1 (insane) loco,-a, demente

■ she's quite mad está completamente loca

2 familiar (person) loco,-a; (crazy - idea, plan) disparatado,-a, descabellado,-a

■ you must be mad! ¡estás loco!

3 familiar (enthusiastic) loco,-a ( about, por), chiflado,-a

■ he's mad about her está loco por ella

■ he's football mad está loco por el fútbol

4 familiar (wild, frantic) desenfrenado,-a, frenético,-a

■ they made a mad rush for the exit corrieron como locos hacia la salida

■ I was in a mad panic estaba frenética

5 familiar (angry) enfadado,-a, furioso,-a (at/with, con)

■ he was mad at me for losing the key estaba enfadado conmigo por haber perdido la llave

6 (dog) rabioso,-a

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

as mad as a March hare / as mad as a hatter más loco que una cabra, loco,-a de remate

hopping mad furioso,-a

like mad como un,-a loco,-a

to be in a mad rush ir como un,-a loco,-a, ir a toda prisa

to be mad keen on somebody/something estar loco,-a por alguien/algo

to be mad keen to do something tener muchas ganas de hacer algo

to drive somebody mad / send somebody mad volver a alguien loco,-a, traer loco,-a a alguien

to get mad enfadarse

to go mad volverse loco,-a, enloquecer

mad ['mæd] adj, madder ; maddest

1) insane: loco, demente

2) rabid: rabioso

3) foolish: tonto, insensato

4) angry: enojado, furioso

5) crazy: loco

I'm mad about you: estoy loco por ti

mad (US)

adj.

• enojado, -a adj.

adj.

• alienado, -a adj.

• demente adj.

• desatado, -a adj.

• frenético, -a adj.

• furioso, -a adj.

• insensato, -a adj.

• loco, -a adj.

• lurio, -a adj.

• maniático, -a adj.

• rabioso, -a adj.

mæd
adjective - dd-

1)

a) ( insane) loco, demente

mad dog — ( rabid) perro m rabioso

to go mad — ( become insane) volverse* loco, enloquecer(se)*; ( become angry) ponerse* como loco or como una fiera

don't go mad with the salt — no te pases con la sal (fam)

to drive somebody mad — volver* or traer* loco a alguien

to work/run/fight like mad — trabajar/correr/pelear como un loco

to be as mad as a hatter o as a March hare — estar* loco de atar or más loco que una cabra (fam)

b) < rush> loco, demencial

we made a mad dash for the airport — salimos como locos para el aeropuerto

c) <scheme/idea> disparatado, descabellado

2) ( angry) (esp AmE) (pred)

to be mad (WITH/AT somebody) — estar* furioso or (esp AmL) enojadísimo or (esp Esp) enfadadísimo (con alguien)

to get mad — ponerse* furioso

to make somebody mad — poner* furioso a alguien

3) ( very enthusiastic) (colloq) (pred)

to be mad ABOUT somebody — estar* loco por alguien

to be mad ABOUT/ON something: she's mad about o on African music — la música africana la vuelve loca, le encanta or le chifla la música africana

[mæd]
1. ADJ
(compar madder) (superl maddest)
1) [person]

a) (=mentally ill) loco

• to drive sb mad — (=make insane) volver loco a algn

captivity drives some animals mad — la cautividad vuelve locos a algunos animales

• to go mad — (=become insane) volverse loco
raving 2., stark 2.
b) * (=crazy, foolish) loco

are you mad? — ¿estás loco?

you must be mad! — ¡tú estás loco or mal de la cabeza!

• to drive sb mad — (=irritate) volver loco a algn

she drove me mad with her constant questions — me volvió loco con sus constantes preguntas

• don't go mad! we've only got £100 — ¡no te pases! solo tenemos 100 libras

• I worked/ran/pedalled like mad — trabajé/corrí/pedaleé como (un) loco

they fancy her like mad — les gusta horrores or una barbaridad *

• to be mad with grief — estar loco de dolor

c) * (=angry) furioso

I was really mad when I found out — me puse furiosísimo or (Sp) me enfadé muchísimo or (esp LAm) me enojé muchísimo cuando me enteré

• to be mad at sb — estar furioso con algn, estar muy enfadado con algn (Sp), estar muy enojado con algn (esp LAm)

• to get or go mad — ponerse furioso

he gets or goes mad when he loses — se pone furioso or hecho una fiera cuando pierde

• it makes her mad when you do that — cuando haces eso la sacas de quicio

• to be mad with sb — estar furioso con algn, estar muy enfadado con algn (Sp), estar muy enojado con algn (esp LAm)

I was mad with him for breaking my window — estaba muy enfadado con él porque me había roto la ventana

d) * (=keen)

• to be mad about sb — estar loco por algn

• to be mad about or on sth, he's mad about or on football — el fútbol le vuelve loco, es un fanático del fútbol

she's mad on Chinese food — le pirra or le chifla la comida china *

I can't say I'm mad about or on the idea — no es precisamente que la idea me vuelva loco

• to go mad, he walked onstage and the audience went mad — salió al escenario y el público se puso como loco

e)

- be barking mad

- be as mad as a hatter or March hare

- be mad as hell
hop I, 2.
2) [thing]

a) (=silly, irresponsible) [plan, idea, scheme] descabellado, de locos

this is bureaucracy gone mad — esto es la burocracia llevada al extremo del ridículo

b) (=frantic, uncontrolled) [race] desenfrenado

the daily mad dash to work — la desenfrenada carrera diaria por llegar al trabajo

there was a mad rush for the exit — todo el mundo corrió or se lanzó desenfrenado hacia la salida, todo el mundo corrió como loco hacia la salida

after the news came through the phones went mad — tras saberse la noticia los teléfonos sonaban como locos

2.

ADV (=very)

she's mad keen to go — tiene unas ganas locas de ir

I can't say I'm mad keen on the idea — no es precisamente que la idea me vuelva loco

3.

CPD

mad cow disease * N — enfermedad f de las vacas locas *, encefalopatía f espongiforme bovina

mad dog N — (with rabies) perro m rabioso (con la enfermedad de la rabia)

* * *
[mæd]
adjective - dd-

1)

a) ( insane) loco, demente

mad dog — ( rabid) perro m rabioso

to go mad — ( become insane) volverse* loco, enloquecer(se)*; ( become angry) ponerse* como loco or como una fiera

don't go mad with the salt — no te pases con la sal (fam)

to drive somebody mad — volver* or traer* loco a alguien

to work/run/fight like mad — trabajar/correr/pelear como un loco

to be as mad as a hatter o as a March hare — estar* loco de atar or más loco que una cabra (fam)

b) < rush> loco, demencial

we made a mad dash for the airport — salimos como locos para el aeropuerto

c) <scheme/idea> disparatado, descabellado

2) ( angry) (esp AmE) (pred)

to be mad (WITH/AT somebody) — estar* furioso or (esp AmL) enojadísimo or (esp Esp) enfadadísimo (con alguien)

to get mad — ponerse* furioso

to make somebody mad — poner* furioso a alguien

3) ( very enthusiastic) (colloq) (pred)

to be mad ABOUT somebody — estar* loco por alguien

to be mad ABOUT/ON something: she's mad about o on African music — la música africana la vuelve loca, le encanta or le chifla la música africana

English-spanish dictionary > mad
8 mad *** adj

[mæd]
- der comp - dest superl

1) (deranged: person) pazzo (-a), matto (-a), (bull) furioso (-a), (dog) rabbioso (-a), (foolish) sciocco (-a), (rash: person, idea, plan) folle

to go mad — impazzire, diventare matto (-a)

to drive sb mad — far diventare matto (-a) qn, far impazzire qn

as mad as a hatter or a March hare — matto (-a) da legare

are you mad? — sei matto?, sei impazzito?

have you gone mad? — sei impazzito?

you're mad! — tu sei pazzo!

mad with grief — pazzo (-a) di dolore

I'm in a mad rush — ho una fretta terribile

like mad (adv phrase) fam — come un (-a) pazzo (-a)

to be mad (keen) about or on sth fam — andar pazzo (-a) or matto (-a) per qc

he's mad about football — va matto per il calcio

2)

(fam: angry) mad (at or with sb) — furioso (-a) or furibondo (-a) (con qn)

he's hopping mad fam — è furibondo

English-Italian dictionary > mad *** adj
9 loco

adj.

1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.

2 crazy.

m.

madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.

* * *

loco

► adjetivo

1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane

2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy

3 familiar (asombroso) amazing

■ tiene unas ganas locas de casarse she's dying to get married

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 lunatic, insane person

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FRASEOLOGÍA

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

■ este ruido me vuelve loco this noise is driving me mad

■ esa chica me vuelve loco I'm crazy about that girl

volverse loco,-a to go mad

loco,-a de remate stark raving mad

* * *
1. (f. - loca)
adj.

crazy, mad

- volverse loco
2. (f. - loca)
noun

crazy person

* * *
loco, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=no cuerdo) mad, crazy

¿estás loco? — are you mad o crazy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

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

este caos es para volverse loco — this is absolute chaos

- estar loco de atar o de remate

- estar más loco que una cabra

- no lo hago ni loco

- hacer algo a lo loco

- loco de verano

2) (=frenético) hectic

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

3) * (=enorme)

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

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

2.

SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

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

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

• correr como un loco — to run like mad

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

• hacerse el loco — to act the fool

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

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

- cada loco con su tema

3.

SM Chile abalone, false abalone

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

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

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

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

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

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

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

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

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

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

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

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

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

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

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

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

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

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

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

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

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

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

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

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

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

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

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

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

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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

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

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

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

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

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

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

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

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

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

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

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

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

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

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

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

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

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

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

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

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

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

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

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

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

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

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

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

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

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

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

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

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

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

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

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

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

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

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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

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

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

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

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

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

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

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

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

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

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* * *

loco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

volverse loco to go mad

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

3

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

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

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

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

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

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

B

1

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

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful

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

2 loco DE algo:

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

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

estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain

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

3

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

loco² -ca

masculine, feminine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)

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

la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination

B

loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone

C

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

* * *

loco 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

e) ( indicando gran cantidad):

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

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
f) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;

‹de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;
◊ estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( enfermo mental) (m) madman;
(f) madwoman;
◊ se puso como un loco he went crazy o mad;

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

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

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loco, -a

♦ adj

1. [demente] mad, crazy;

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

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

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

volverse loco to go mad;

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

Comp

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

Comp

¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;

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

2. [insensato] mad, crazy;

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

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

a lo loco [sin pensar] hastily;
[temerariamente] wildly;
conduce o Am [m5] maneja a lo loco he drives like a madman

3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;

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

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

estar loco de amor to be madly in love;

estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;

estar loco de ira to be raging mad;

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

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

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

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

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

la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella

4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;

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

5. [enorme]
tengo unas ganas locas de conocer Italia I'm absolutely dying to go to Italy;

tuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;
RP Fam
tener la guita loca to be rolling in it

6. RP Fam [insignificante]
sólo van a venir tres o cuatro invitados locos only a handful of guests will show up;

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

♦ nm,f

1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;
[mujer] lunatic, madwoman;
conduce o Am [m5] maneja como un loco he drives like a madman;

corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;

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

ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;

sería de locos empezar de nuevo todo el trabajo it would be crazy o madness to start the whole job over again;
Fam
¡deja de hacer el loco! stop messing around!;

Comp

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

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

2. RP, Ven Fam [como apelativo]
este loco se encarga de todo this guy's in charge of everything;

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

3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone

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loco

I adj mad, crazy;

a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;

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

loco de atar o

remate completely mad;

estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;

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

II m

1 madman;

cada loco con su tema each to his own;

hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.

2 Rpl fam

guy;

loco, ayudame help me, pal

* * *

loco, -ca adj

1) demente: crazy, insane, mad

2)

a lo loco : wildly, recklessly

3)

volverse loco : to go mad

loco, -ca n

1) : crazy person, lunatic

2)

hacerse el loco : to act the fool

* * *

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

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

me estás volviendo loco you're driving me crazy

me vuelve loca el chocolate I'm crazy about chocolate

volverse loco to go mad

loco² n lunatic

Spanish-English dictionary > loco
10 chiflado

adj.

nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.

f. & m.

nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.

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chiflado

► participio pasado

1→ link=chiflar chiflar

► adjetivo

1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar nut, loony, headcase

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something

estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody

* * *

(f. - chiflada)

adj.

nutty, crazy

* * *
chiflado, -a *
1.

ADJ crazy *, barmy *

esa chica le tiene chiflado — he's crazy about that girl

estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

2.

SM / F nutter *, nutcase *

* * *
I
- da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

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. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

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. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.

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

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

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 squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

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

Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

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.

----

* chiflado de la informática = computer geek.

* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.

* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

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: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

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: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.

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

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

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 squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

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

Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

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.

* chiflado de la informática = computer geek.

* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.

* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* * *

chiflado¹ -da

adjective

( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)

ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)

estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)

está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)

chiflado² -da

masculine, feminine

( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

chiflado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
chiflado
chiflar
chiflado
◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
verbo intransitivo
1 ( silbar) to whistle
2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):
◊ le chiflan los coches he's crazy about cars (colloq)

chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
chiflado,-a
I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
chiflar verbo intransitivo
1 (con la boca) to whistle
(con un silbato) to blow
2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
' chiflado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chiflada
- sonada
- sonado
- loco
English:
barmy
- batty
- bend
- loony
- mental
- moonstruck
- nut
- nutcase
- nuts
- nutty
- plumb
- potty
- wacky
- zany
- cracked
- crush
- dotty
- kooky
- screw

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chiflado, -a Fam

♦ adj

crazy, mad;

está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;

está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates

♦ nm,f

loony

* * *

chiflado

adj fam

crazy fam

( por about), nuts fam

( por about)

II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam

* * *

chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy

chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic

* * *

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

Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado
11 matto

1. adj completely irrational ( per fascinated with; crazy for; mad about)

avere una voglia matta di qualcosa be dying for something

2. m, matta f completely irrational person

mi piace da matti andare al cinema I'm mad about the cinema

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matto¹ agg.

1 mad; (fam.) crazy: diventar matto, to go mad; far diventar matto qlcu., to drive s.o. mad; la bambina mi sta facendo diventar matta, the little girl is driving me mad (o out of my mind) // matto furioso, matto da legare, stark raving mad // cavallo matto, wild horse // è sempre stato una testa matta, he's always been a crackpot (o a lunatic o a maniac) // c'è da diventar matto!, it is enough to drive you mad (o crazy)! // va matto per i Beatles, he's crazy about the Beatles; va matta per quel ragazzo, she's crazy about that boy // è mezzo matto, he is half crazy // fossi matto!, what do you take me for? (o do you think I am mad? o you must be joking!): ''Pensi di rivederlo?'' ''Fossi matta!'', ''Will you be seeing him again?'' ''You must be joking!'' // era matto di gioia, he was mad (o beside himself) with joy // ''Ho deciso di cambiare lavoro'' ''Ma sei matto?!'', ''I'm going to change my job'' ''Are you mad?!'' // che tempo matto!, what crazy weather!

2 (fam.) (grande): avevano una voglia matta di andarsene, they were dying to leave; si vogliono un bene matto, they are mad about each other; abbiamo fatto delle risate matte quando ci ha raccontato delle sue prime lezioni di sci, we split our sides laughing when he told us about his first skiing lessons; ho una voglia matta di cioccolato, I've got a craving for chocolate

3 (opaco) mat, matt: (fot.) carta matta, mat paper

4 (falso) false: oro matto, false gold; pietra matta, false stone; gioielli matti, worthless jewellery

◆ s.m. madman*, lunatic: ospedale dei matti, mental hospital; è un matto furioso, he is a raving lunatic // cose da matti!, this is ridiculous (o this is sheer madness)! // gabbia di matti, lunatic asylum (o madhouse): non resterò un momento di più in questa gabbia di matti, I'm not going to stay a moment longer in this madhouse // quel matto del nostro amico, that crazy friend of ours // ridere, correre, urlare come un matto, to laugh, to run, to shout like a madman // le piace da matti andare al mare, she's mad about going to the seaside.

matto² agg. (scacchi): scacco matto, checkmate; dare scacco matto, to checkmate.

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['matto] matto (-a)
1. agg

1) (gen), fig mad, crazy, Med insane

sei matto! — you're mad!

sempre più matto — madder and madder

diventare matto — to go mad

sto diventando matta! — I'm going mad!

far diventare matto qn — to drive sb mad o crazy

mi ha fatto diventar matto — he drove me mad

andare matto per qc — to be crazy o mad about sth

va matto per il calcio — he's mad about football

quella testa matta ne ha combinato un'altra — that lunatic has done it again

matto da legare — as mad as a hatter

fossi matto! — (neanche per sogno) not on your life!

avere una voglia matta di — (cibo, cioccolato) to have a craving for

ho una voglia matta di incontrarlo — I'm dying to meet him, I can't wait to meet him

2)

(falso) oro matto — imitation gold

3) (opaco) matt

2. sm/f

madman (madwoman), lunatic

ridere come un matto — to laugh hysterically

fare il matto — to act the fool

mi piace da matti la tua giacca — I just love your jacket

roba da matti! — it's unbelievable!

una gabbia di matti fig — a madhouse

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I 1. ['matto]
aggettivo

1) (demente) mad, insane, crazy colloq., loony colloq., bonkers colloq.

non sono mica matto! — I'm not that crazy!

c'è da diventare -i! — it's enough to drive you mad!

essere matto da legare — to be mad as a March hare o as a hatter, to be crazy with a capital C

fare diventare matto qcn. — to drive sb. mad o crazy colloq.

essere una testa -a — to be a madcap

andare matto per — to be crazy o wild o daft colloq. o nuts colloq. about

"vieni?" - "fossi matto!" — "are you coming?" - "I wouldn't dream of it!", "not on your life!"

2) (grandissimo)

avere una voglia -a di qcs. — to be dying for sth.

farsi -e risate — to laugh one's head off

3) da matti (tantissimo) madly

è lontano da -i — it's a heck of a long way

questa musica mi piace da -i! — this music really sends me!
2.
sostantivo maschile (f. -a)

1) (persona demente) insane person, loony; (uomo) madman*

come un matto — [ lavorare] crazily, like crazy colloq.

ridere come un matto — to be in hysterics, to laugh like anything

2) (persona insensata)

che banda di -i! — what a bunch of lunatics!

gabbia di -i — madhouse

cose da -i! — it's the tail wagging the dog! it's sheer madness!
II ['matto]
aggettivo

scacco matto — checkmate (anche fig.), mate

dare scacco matto a — to checkmate (anche fig.), to mate

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matto¹

/'matto/

I aggettivo

1 (demente) mad, insane, crazy colloq., loony colloq., bonkers colloq.; non sono mica matto! I'm not that crazy! c'è da diventare -i! it's enough to drive you mad! essere matto da legare to be mad as a March hare o as a hatter, to be crazy with a capital C; fare diventare matto qcn. to drive sb. mad o crazy colloq.; essere una testa -a to be a madcap; andare matto per to be crazy o wild o daft colloq. o nuts colloq. about; "vieni?" - "fossi matto!" "are you coming?" - "I wouldn't dream of it!", "not on your life!"

2 (grandissimo) avere una voglia -a di qcs. to be dying for sth.; farsi -e risate to laugh one's head off

3 da matti (tantissimo) madly; è lontano da -i it's a heck of a long way; questa musica mi piace da -i! this music really sends me!

II sostantivo maschile

(f. -a)

1 (persona demente) insane person, loony; (uomo) madman*; come un matto [ lavorare] crazily, like crazy colloq.; ridere come un matto to be in hysterics, to laugh like anything

2 (persona insensata) che banda di -i! what a bunch of lunatics! gabbia di -i madhouse; cose da -i! it's the tail wagging the dog! it's sheer madness!

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matto²

/'matto/

aggettivo

scacco matto checkmate (anche fig.), mate; dare scacco matto a to checkmate (anche fig.), to mate.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > matto
12 enloquecer

v.

1 to drive mad (volver loco).

2 to go mad.

3 to drive wild or crazy (gustar mucho).

le enloquece el esquí she's mad o crazy about skiing

4 to madden, to craze, to drive mad, to derange.

5 to become crazy, to go crazy, to become mad, to go insane.

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enloquecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 (volver loco) to drive mad

2 familiar (gustar) to be mad/crazy about, be wild about

■ le enloquece el teatro she's mad about the theatre

► verbo intransitivo

1 (volverse loco) to go mad/crazy, go out of one's mind

► verbo pronominal enloquecerse

1 to go mad/crazy, go out of one's mind

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1.

VT (=volver loco) to drive mad; (=enfurecer) to madden, drive crazy

2.

VI

le enloquece la música pop — she's mad about pop music

3.

See:

enloquecerse

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1.
verbo transitivo to drive... crazy o mad

el dolor la tiene enloquecida — the pain is driving her crazy
2.
enloquecer vi

1) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

enloqueció de celos — he was driven crazy o insane with jealousy

2) (fam) ( gustar mucho)

me enloquece el jazz — I'm crazy about jazz (colloq)
3.
enloquecerse v pron

a) ( entusiasmarse) to go crazy, go mad

enloquecerse por algo — to be crazy o mad about something (colloq)

b) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

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= go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, get + a buzz from.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

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* enloquecerse por = go + gaga (over).

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1.
verbo transitivo to drive... crazy o mad

el dolor la tiene enloquecida — the pain is driving her crazy
2.
enloquecer vi

1) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

enloqueció de celos — he was driven crazy o insane with jealousy

2) (fam) ( gustar mucho)

me enloquece el jazz — I'm crazy about jazz (colloq)
3.
enloquecerse v pron

a) ( entusiasmarse) to go crazy, go mad

enloquecerse por algo — to be crazy o mad about something (colloq)

b) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

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= go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, get + a buzz from.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

* enloquecerse por = go + gaga (over).

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enloquecer [E3 ]

vt

to drive … crazy o ( esp BrE) mad

■ enloquecer

vi

A (perder el juicio) to go crazy o ( BrE) mad, go out of one's mind enloquecer DE algo:

enloqueció de celos he was driven crazy o insane o mad with jealousy, he went out of his mind with jealousy

B ( fam)

(gustar mucho): me enloquece la música pop I'm crazy o ( esp BrE) mad about pop music ( colloq)

■ enloquecerse

v pron

1 (entusiasmarse) to go crazy, go mad ( esp BrE) enloquecerse POR algo to be crazy o mad ABOUT sth ( colloq)

2

(trastornarse): se enloquece de dolor the pain drives him crazy o mad

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enloquecer ( conjugate enloquecer) verbo transitivo
to drive … crazy o mad
verbo intransitivo ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad;
◊ enloqueció de celos he was driven crazy o insane with jealousy

enloquecer
I verbo intransitivo to go mad: enloqueció después del accidente, when the accident occurred he flew into a fit of rage
II verbo transitivo
1 (hacer perder el juicio) to drive mad: la muerte de su esposa lo enloqueció, the death of his wife drove him to insanity
2 familiar (gustar mucho) le enloquecen las carreras de coches, she's crazy about motor racing

' enloquecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
perturbar
- zafarse
English:
go
- lose
- madden
- rail

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enloquecer

♦ vt

1. [volver loco] to drive mad

2. [gustar mucho a] to drive wild o crazy;

le enloquece el esquí she's mad o crazy about skiing

♦ vi

to go mad;

enloquecía de angustia/dolor he was half-crazy with worry/pain

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enloquecer

I v/t drive crazy o

mad

II v/i go crazy o

mad;

me enloquece el chocolate I’m mad about chocolate

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enloquecer {53} vt

alocar: to drive crazy

♦ See also the reflexive verb enloquecerse

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enloquecer vb

1. (volver loco) to drive crazy [pt. drove; pp. driven]

este ruido me está enloqueciendo this noise is driving me crazy

2. (volverse loco) to go crazy

todas las chicas enloquecieron all the girls went crazy

3. (gustar mucho) to be crazy about

le enloquecen los juegos de ordenador he's crazy about computer games

Spanish-English dictionary > enloquecer
13 verrückt

I P.P. verrücken

II Adj. umg. mad; fig., Mode etc.: auch crazy; Plan etc.: wild, crazy; verrückt werden go mad; sag mal, bist du verrückt geworden? have you gone mad?; have you lost your mind?; ich werd verrückt! well blow me (Am. blow me down)!; verrückt nach oder auf (+ Akk) fig. wild about, nuts on ( oder about); verrückte Idee crazy idea; verrückte Alte crazy old woman; jemanden verrückt machen drive s.o. mad ( oder [a]round the bend); (durcheinander bringen) get s.o. all confused; sich verrückt machen get (o.s.) all worked up ( oder into a lather), get into a tiz(zy); mach dich doch nicht verrückt! don’t get yourself all worked up!; verrückt spielen act up; stärker: go berserk; fig., Wetter etc.: go crazy; wie verrückt like mad ( oder crazy); da kann man ja verrückt werden it’s enough to drive you mad (bes. Am. crazy); man würde dich für verrückt erklären everyone will think you’re crazy; so etwas Verrücktes! what a crazy idea!

III Adv. umg.: sich verrückt aufführen act crazily; sich verrückt anziehen etc. dress in a crazy way; musst du denn so verrückt fahren? do you have to drive in such a crazy way?

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harebrained; hellbent; madcap; nutty; kooky; cracked; insane; demented; balmy; wacky; daft; crazy; mad; screwy; loony; loco

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ver|rụ̈ckt [fɛɐ'rʏkt]
adj

1) (= geisteskrank) mad, insane

2) (inf) crazy, mad

or nach — crazy or mad about (inf)

wie verrückt — like mad or crazy (inf)

die Leute kamen wie verrückt — loads of people came (inf)

so etwas Verrücktes! — what a crazy idea!

jdn verrückt machen — to drive sb crazy or mad or wild (inf)

verrückt werden — to go crazy

bei dem Lärm kann man ja verrückt werden — this noise is enough to drive you round the bend (Brit) or crazy (inf)

ich werd verrückt! (inf) — (well,) I'll be blowed (Brit) or damned! (inf)

du bist wohl verrückt! — you must be crazy or mad!

See:

→ verrücktspielen

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1) (mad: You must be off your head to work for nothing.) off one's head

2) (extremely foolish: It was insane to think he would give you the money.) insane

3) (insane: He must be going crazy; a crazy idea.) crazy

4) (very enthusiastic: She's crazy about her boyfriend.) crazy

5) crazily

6) (mentally disturbed or insane: Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.) mad

7) (extremely energetic, active and excited: The new manager is one of those manic people who can't rest even for a minute.) manic

8) (mad; crazy: He must be potty to do that!) potty

9) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) wild

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ver·rückt

[fɛɐ̯ˈrʏkt]

adj

1. (geisteskrank) mentally ill, nuts fam, insane fam or dated, mad fam or dated

▪ \verrückt sein/werden to be/become mentally ill, to be/go nuts [or dated insane] [or mad] fam

du bist wohl/bist du \verrückt! you must be/are you out of your mind [or off your head] [or hum out to lunch]! fam

jdn \verrückt machen to drive sb crazy [or fam nuts] [or up the wall] [or BRIT round the bend

2. (in starkem Maße)

wie \verrückt like crazy [or fam mad]; (wie übergeschnappt a.) like a madman

wie \verrückt regnen to rain cats and dogs, to pour with rain

wie \verrückt stürmen to blow a gale

wie \verrückt wehtun to hurt like hell fam

3. (fam: ausgefallen) crazy, wild fam

4. (fam: versessen)

▪ \verrückt auf etw akk/nach etw dat sein to be crazy [or fam mad] about sth

▪ \verrückt nach jdm sein to be crazy [or fam mad] [or fam wild] about sb

5.

▶ ich werd \verrückt! (fam) well, I'll be damned [or dated blowed] fam, well I never [did]!

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1.
(ugs.) Adjektiv

1) mad

verrückt werden — go mad or insane

jemanden verrückt machen — drive somebody mad

du bist wohl verrückt! — you must be mad or crazy!

wie verrückt — like mad or crazy (coll.)

ich werde verrückt! — I'll be blowed (coll.) or (coll.) damned

verrückt spielen — (salopp) < person> act crazy (coll.); <car, machine, etc.> play up (coll); <watch, weather> go crazy

2) (überspannt, ausgefallen) crazy <idea, fashion, prank, day, etc.>

so was Verrücktes! — what a crazy idea!

3) (begierig) crazy

auf jemanden od. nach jmdm/auf etwas (Akk.) verrückt sein — be crazy (coll.) or mad about somebody/something
2.
adverbial crazily; < behave> crazily or like a madman; <paint, dress, etc.> in a mad or crazy way

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verrückt

A. pperf → verrücken

B. adj umg mad; fig, Mode etc: auch crazy; Plan etc: wild, crazy;

verrückt werden go mad;

sag mal, bist du verrückt geworden? have you gone mad?; have you lost your mind?;

ich werd verrückt! well blow me (US blow me down)!;

verrückt nach oder

auf (+akk) fig wild about, nuts on ( oder about);

verrückte Idee crazy idea;

verrückte Alte crazy old woman;

jemanden verrückt machen drive sb mad ( oder [a]round the bend); (durcheinanderbringen) get sb all confused;

sich verrückt machen get (o.s.) all worked up ( oder into a lather), get into a tiz(zy);

mach dich doch nicht verrückt! don’t get yourself all worked up!;

verrückt spielen act up; stärker: go berserk; → auch verrücktspielen;

wie verrückt like mad ( oder crazy);

da kann man ja verrückt werden it’s enough to drive you mad (besonders US crazy);

man würde dich für verrückt erklären everyone will think you’re crazy;

so etwas Verrücktes! what a crazy idea!

C. adv umg:

sich verrückt aufführen act crazily;

sich verrückt anziehen etc dress in a crazy way;

musst du denn so verrückt fahren? do you have to drive in such a crazy way?

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1.
(ugs.) Adjektiv

1) mad

verrückt werden — go mad or insane

jemanden verrückt machen — drive somebody mad

du bist wohl verrückt! — you must be mad or crazy!

wie verrückt — like mad or crazy (coll.)

ich werde verrückt! — I'll be blowed (coll.) or (coll.) damned

verrückt spielen — (salopp) < person> act crazy (coll.); <car, machine, etc.> play up (coll); <watch, weather> go crazy

2) (überspannt, ausgefallen) crazy <idea, fashion, prank, day, etc.>

so was Verrücktes! — what a crazy idea!

3) (begierig) crazy

auf jemanden od. nach jmdm/auf etwas (Akk.) verrückt sein — be crazy (coll.) or mad about somebody/something
2.
adverbial crazily; < behave> crazily or like a madman; <paint, dress, etc.> in a mad or crazy way

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adj.

bonkers adj.

crazy adj.

daft adj.

kooky* adj.

loony* adj.

loopy* adj.

mad adj.

maddening adj.

psycho* adj.

screwy adj.

wacky adj. adv.

crazily adv.

daftly adv.

dementedly adv.

madly adv.

wackily adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verrückt
14 morirse

morirse

► verbo pronominal

1 to die

■ se murió a pocas horas del accidente he died shortly after the accident

■ se le murieron los padres cuando era niño his parents died when he was a child

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VPR

1) [persona, animal, planta] to die

se murió tras una larga enfermedad — he died after a long illness

se acaba de morir su abuelo — her grandfather has just died

se le ha muerto el gato — her cat has died

¡ojalá o así se muera! — I hope he drops dead!

• morirse de algo — to die of sth

se murió de una pulmonía — she died of pneumonia

2) * [para exagerar] to die

por poco me muero cuando me lo contaron — I nearly died when they told me *

si me descubren me muero — I'll die if they find me out *

¡muérete! primero se casa con una millonaria y luego se divorcia — you'll never guess what! first he marries a millionairess, then he gets divorced *

¡no se va a morir por llamar por teléfono alguna vez! — it wouldn't kill him to ring me some time! *

¡que me muera si miento! — cross my heart and hope to die! *, may God strike me dead if I'm lying! *

• morirse de algo, en esta casa me muero de frío — I'm freezing in this house

¡me muero de hambre! — I'm starving!

¡me muero de sed! — I'm dying of thirst! *

me moría de pena de verla llorar — it broke my heart to see her cry

se moría de envidia — he was green with envy

por poco me muero de vergüenza — I nearly died of embarrassment *

me moría de miedo — I was scared stiff *

se van a morir de risa — they'll kill themselves laughing *

la película era para morirse de risa — the film was hilarious o incredibly funny

• morirse de ganas de hacer algo — to be dying to do sth *

me moría de ganas de verte — I was dying to see you *

• morirse por algo — [de deseo] to be dying for sth *; [de afición] to be crazy o mad about sth *

¡me muero por una cerveza fresquita! — I'm dying for o I could murder a nice cold beer! *

se muere por el fútbol — he's crazy o mad about football *

morirse por algn — to be crazy o mad about sb *

morirse por hacer algo — to be dying to do sth *

me muero por tener una moto — I'm dying to have a motorbike *

de o para morirse —

ese jamón estaba de o para morirse — that ham was just amazing! *

el Caribe es como para morirse — the Caribbean is just amazing! *

las fotos del terremoto eran para morirse — the pictures of the earthquake were just horrific *

3) (=entumecerse) [brazo, pierna] to go to sleep, go numb

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■morirse verbo reflexivo
1 to die: el pueblo entero se muere de hambre, the whole nation is starving to death
2 (exageración) morirse de ganas de hacer algo, to be dying to do sthg
morirse de vergüenza, to die of embarrassment
morirse por algo, to be dying to get sthg
' morirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hambre
- morir
- risa
English:
croak
- green
- heart
- hysterical
- hysterics
- starve
- broken
- crave
- die
- double
- yen

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vpr

1. [fallecer] to die (de of);
se está muriendo she's dying;

se le ha muerto la madre his mother has died;
Fam
nadie se muere por hacer unas cuantas horas extras a few hours of overtime never hurt anyone;
Fam
¡muérete! drop dead!;

Comp
Fam
¡por mí como si se muere! she could drop dead for all I care!

2. [sentir con fuerza]
morirse de envidia/ira to be burning with envy/rage;

morirse de miedo to be scared to death;

casi me muero de risa/vergüenza I nearly died laughing/of shame;

me muero de ganas de ir a bailar/fumar un pitillo I'm dying to go dancing/for a cigarette;

me muero de hambre/frío I'm starving/freezing;

morirse por algo to be dying for sth;

se mueren por tener un niño they're desperate to have a child;

morirse por alguien to be crazy about sb

3. Ven Fam [como exclamación]
¡muérete! que conseguí trabajo guess what, I've got a job!;

¡muérete! que se robaron tu carro you won't believe it, but your car's been stolen

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morirse

v/r die;

morirse de fig die of;

morirse por fig be dying for;

morirse de sed die of thirst;

morirse de risa laugh one’s head off, die laughing

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morirse vb to die

la planta se murió poque no la regabas the plant died because you didn't water it

morirse de hambre (morir) to die of starvation (tener hambre) to be starving

morirse por hacer algo to be dying to do something

Spanish-English dictionary > morirse
15 Leben

I v/i

1. (am Leben sein) live; (nicht tot sein) be alive; man lebt nur einmal you only have one life to live, you only live once; lebt er noch? is he still alive?; er wird nicht mehr lange leben he hasn’t got much longer to live, his days are numbered; so wahr ich lebe! I swear it; lebst du noch? umg., hum., iro. well, hello stranger; ich habe alles, was ich zum Leben brauche I have all I need to keep body and soul together; wir leben nicht mehr im 19. Jahrhundert iro. this isn’t the 19th century(, you know); wie gehts? - man lebt ( so eben) umg. how are things? - surviving

2. eine bestimmte Lebensweise haben: leben von (Nahrung) live on ( oder off); (Tätigkeit etc.) live from ( oder off), make a living with ( oder by + Ger.), (Verdienst, Rente) live on; vegetarisch leben be a vegetarian; makrobiotisch leben live on macrobiotic food(s); gesund / ungesund leben lead a healthy / an unhealthy life; in gesunden/ungesunden Verhältnissen: live in healthy / unhealthy conditions; sie leben ganz gut they don’t do too badly (for themselves); nach einem Grundsatz leben live in accordance with a principle, stick to a principle; leben und leben lassen live and let live; sie lebt nur für ihre Kunst she only lives for her art

3. (wohnen) live; wie lange leben Sie schon hier? how long have you been living here?; ich träume davon, in Neuseeland zu leben my dream is to (go and) live in New Zealand

4. fig., Andenken etc.: live on; die Statue lebt the statue is very ( oder so) lifelike; das Stück lebt nicht there’s no life in the play

5. es lebe...! three cheers for...!; es lebe der König / die Königin! long live the King / Queen!; leben Sie wohl farewell; Tag1 4 etc.

6. unpers.: es lebt sich ganz angenehm / bequem etc. life’s quite pleasant / comfortable etc.; hier lebt es sich gut it’s not a bad life here, life’s not bad here

II v/t: ein angenehmes / bequemes etc. Leben leben lead a pleasant / comfortable etc. life, have a pleasant / comfortable ( oder an easy) etc. lifestyle; sein Leben noch einmal leben live one’s life (over) again; sein eigenes Leben leben lead an independent life, go one’s own way; seinen Glauben leben geh. live according to one’s faith ( oder beliefs)

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das Leben

existence; life; lifetime

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Le|ben ['leːbn]
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1) life

das Lében — life

das Lében des Menschen/der Tiere etc — the life of man/animals etc

am Lében sein/bleiben — to be/stay alive

das Lében als Milchmann — life as a milkman, a milkman's life

das Lében Hemingways — Hemingway's life, the life of Hemingway

haben — to have one's life ahead of or in front of or before/behind one

solange ich am Lében bin — as long as I live

sich des Lébens freuen, das or sein Lében genießen — to enjoy life

das or sein Lében verlieren — to lose one's life

jdm das Lében retten — to save sb's life

es geht um Lében und Tod, es ist eine Sache auf Lében und Tod — it's a matter of life and death

wenn dir dein Lében lieb ist — if you value your life

ein glückliches etc Lében führen — to lead a happy etc life

mit dem Lében davonkommen — to escape with one's life

mit dem Lében spielen, sein Lében aufs Spiel setzen — to take one's life in one's hands, to dice with death

mit dem Lében abschließen — to prepare for death

seinem Lében ein Ende machen or bereiten — to put an end to one's life

zu neuem Lében verhelfen — to breathe new life into sth, to revitalize sth

etw ins Lében rufen — to bring sth into being

or befördern (inf) — to kill sb, to take sb's life, to take care of sb (inf); (bei Hinrichtung auch) to put sb to death

seines Lébens nicht mehr sicher sein — to fear for one's life

ums Lében kommen — to die, to lose one's life

sein Lében lassen (müssen) — to lose one's life

jdn am Lében lassen — to spare sb's life

um sein Lében laufen or rennen — to run for one's life or for dear life

das Lében nehmen — to take one's (own) life

jdn wieder ins Lében zurückrufen — to bring sb back to life; Bewusstlosen to revive sb, to bring sb round (Brit) or around (US)

was ist das für ein Lében? — what kind of (a) life is that?

der Mann/die Frau meines Lébens — my ideal man/woman

etw für sein Lében gern tun — to love doing sth, to be mad about doing sth (inf)

etw für sein Lében gern essen/trinken — to be mad about sth (inf), to love sth

jdn künstlich am Lében erhalten — to keep sb alive artificially

ein Lében in Frieden/in Armut etc — a life of peace/poverty etc

er hat es nie leicht gehabt im Lében — he has never had an easy life

ein Lében lang — one's whole life (long)

zum ersten Mal or das erste Mal im Lében — for the first time in one's life

ich habe noch nie im or in meinem Lében geraucht — I have never smoked (in) all my life or in my whole life

nie im Lében! — never!

sich durchs Lében schlagen — to struggle through (life)

ins Lében treten — to go out into the world

im Lében stehen — to have some standing in the world

(draußen) im Lében ist das ganz anders — in real life it's very different

ein Roman, den das Lében schrieb — a novel of real life

ein Film nach dem Lében — a film from real life

das Lében geht weiter — life goes on

unser Lében währet siebenzig Jahr... (Bibl) — the days of our years are three score years and ten (Bibl)

so ist das Lében (eben) — that's life, such is life, that's the way the cookie crumbles (inf)

2) (= Betriebsamkeit) life

auf dem Markt herrscht reges Lében — the market is a hive of activity

in dieser Stadt ist wenigstens Lében — at least there is some life in this town

bringen (inf) — to liven or brighten sth up

voller Lében stecken — to be full of life

es war überhaupt kein Lében in seinem Vortrag — there wasn't a spark of life in his lecture

See:

→ Bude

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1) (living and not dead: Queen Victoria was still alive in 1900.) alive

2) ((a way of) life: an uneventful existence.) existence

3) (to stay alive; to continue to live: It is possible to exist on bread and water.) exist

4) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) life

5) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) life

6) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) life

7) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) life

8) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) life

9) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) life

10) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) live

11) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) live

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Le·ben

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1. (Lebendigsein) life

sein \Leben aushauchen (geh) to breathe one's last liter

jdn vom \Leben zum Tode befördern (geh) to put sb to death form

etw mit dem [o seinem] \Leben bezahlen (geh) to pay for sth with one's life

am \Leben bleiben/sein to remain [or stay]/be alive

solange er am Leben ist, wird das Haus nicht verkauft as long as he lives the house won't be sold

jdn ums \Leben bringen (geh) to take sb's life

mit dem \Leben davonkommen to escape with one's life

seinem \Leben ein Ende setzen (euph) to take one's life euph

jdn [künstlich] am \Leben erhalten to keep sb alive [artificially]

[bei etw dat/während einer S. gen] ums \Leben kommen to die [in sth/during sth], to lose one's life [in sth/during sth]

jdn das \Leben kosten (geh) to cost sb his/her life

sein \Leben [für jdn/etw] lassen (geh) to give one's life [for sb/sth]

jdn am \Leben lassen to let sb live

um sein \Leben laufen [o rennen] to run for one's life

sich dat das \Leben nehmen (euph) to take one's life euph

jdm das [o jds] \Leben retten to save sb's life

aus dem \Leben scheiden (geh) to depart this world form

jdm das \Leben schenken (geh: jdn gebären) to give birth to sb; (jdn am Leben lassen) to let sb live

mit seinem \Leben spielen to put one's life at risk

[bei etw dat/während einer S. gen] das [o sein] \Leben verlieren to lose one's life [in/during sth]

jdn ins \Leben zurückrufen to revive sb

2. (Existieren) life

das ewige \Leben eternal life

sich akk seines \Lebens freuen to enjoy [one's] life

das \Leben geht weiter life goes on

sein \Leben genießen/verpfuschen to enjoy/ruin one's life

am \Leben hängen to love life

das [o sein] \Leben hinter sich dat haben to have one's life behind one, to have had one's innings fam

das [o sein] \Leben vor sich dat haben to have one's [whole] life before one

ein [o jds] \Leben lang one's [or sb's] whole life

nie im \Leben [o im \Leben nicht] never

jdm/sich das \Leben schwer machen to make life difficult for sb/oneself

so ist das \Leben [eben] that's life, such is life

das [o ein] \Leben nach dem Tod[e] life after death

zeit jds \Lebens as long as sb lives

ich war zeit meines \Lebens noch nie beim Arzt I have never consulted a doctor in all my life

3. (Alltag, Lebensweise) life

ein \Leben in Armut/im Luxus a life of poverty/luxury

ein geruhsames/hektisches \Leben führen to lead a quiet/hectic life

das \Leben Picassos Picasso's life, the life of Picasso

das süße \Leben the life of Riley fam

das tägliche \Leben everyday life

sich akk [mit etw dat] durchs \Leben schlagen to struggle to make a living [doing sth]

das wirkliche \Leben real life

das \Leben zu zweit life as a couple

4. (Lebewesen) life

es gibt kein \Leben auf jenem Planeten there's no life on that planet

5. (Geschehen, Aktivität) life

etw zum [o zu neuem] \Leben erwecken to bring sth back to life, to revive sth

etw ins \Leben rufen to found [or establish] sth

das öffentliche \Leben public life

eine Figur [o Person] des öffentlichen \Lebens a public figure

6. (Lebhaftigkeit) life

der Roman ist ohne \Leben there is no life in the novel

\Leben in etw akk bringen to put some life into sth

voller \Leben sein to be full of life

7. (Lebensinhalt) life

ihr Garten war ihr \Leben her garden was her life

8.

▶ wie das blühende \Leben aussehen to look in the pink hum

▶ \Leben in die Bude bringen (fam) to liven things up

▶ seines \Lebens nicht mehr froh werden to have a rotten life

▶ aus dem Leben gegriffen sein to be a slice of life

▶ es geht um [o ist eine Sache auf] \Leben und Tod it's a matter of life and death

▶ etw für sein \Leben gern tun to love doing sth

ich esse für mein \Leben gern Schokolade I love chocolate

ich würde für mein \Leben gern verreisen I'd love to travel

▶ jds \Leben hängt an einem dünnen [o seidenen] Faden sb's life is hanging by a thread

▶ jdm das \Leben zur Hölle machen to make sb's life hell

▶ wenn dir dein \Leben lieb ist if your life means sth to you

▶ das nackte \Leben retten [o mit dem nackten \Leben davonkommen] to barely escape with one's life

▶ ein Roman den/ein Stück das das \Leben schrieb a novel/a play of real life

▶ seines \Lebens nicht mehr sicher sein (fam) to fear for one's life

▶ [bei etw dat] sein \Leben aufs Spiel setzen to risk one's life [doing sth]

▶ wie das \Leben so spielt (fam) as is the way of the world

▶ jds \Leben steht auf dem Spiel sb's life is at risk

▶ jdm nach dem \Leben trachten to be out to kill sb

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das; Lebens, Leben

1) life

das Leben — life

jemandem das Leben retten — save somebody's life

sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen — take one's [own] life

am Leben sein/bleiben — be/stay alive

seines Lebens nicht [mehr] sicher sein — not be safe [any more]

um sein Leben rennen — run for one's life

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

auf Tod und Leben kämpfen — be engaged in a life-and-death struggle

etwas für sein Leben gern essen/tun — love something/doing something

etwas ins Leben rufen — bring something into being

mit dem Leben davonkommen/das nackte Leben retten — escape/barely escape with one's life

jemandem nach dem Leben trachten — try to kill somebody

ein/sein [ganzes] Leben lang — one's whole life long

noch nie im Leben/zum erstenmal im Leben — never in/for the first time in one's life

mit beiden Beinen od. Füßen im Leben stehen — have one's feet firmly on the ground

nie im Leben, im Leben nicht! — (ugs.) not on your life! (coll.); never in your life! (coll.)

ein Leben in Wohlstand — a life of affluence

wie das Leben so spielt — it's funny the way things turn out

im öffentlichen Leben stehen — be in public life

so ist das Leben — such is life; that's the way things go

die Musik ist ihr Leben — music is her [whole] life

2) (Betriebsamkeit)

auf dem Markt herrschte ein reges Leben — the market was bustling with activity

das Leben auf der Straße — the comings and goings in the street

Leben ins Haus bringen — bring some life into the house

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Leben n; -s, -

1. life; (Dasein) auch existence; (Sein) being;

so ist das Leben (nun einmal) that’s life, such is life; umg that’s the way the cookie crumbles;

am Leben sein be alive;

am Leben bleiben stay alive, survive;

mit dem Leben davonkommen survive, escape;

am Leben erhalten keep alive;

er hängt am Leben he really enjoys life, Todkranker: he’s not ready to die yet;

sein Leben teuer verkaufen sell one’s life dearly;

jemandem das Leben schenken spare sb’s life;

einem Kind das Leben schenken geh bring a child into the world;

Leben spendend geh life-giving;

Leben zerstörend geh life-destroying;

sich (dat)

das Leben nehmen take one’s (own) life;

seinem Leben ein Ende machen oder

setzen put an end to one’s life;

(freiwillig) aus dem Leben scheiden geh euph die by one’s own hand;

ums Leben kommen be killed;

es geht um Leben und Tod it’s a matter of life and death;

um sein Leben laufen oder

rennen run for dear life

2. (Lebenszeit) life(time);

das Leben vor/hinter sich (dat)

haben have one’s whole life ahead of one/have done with life;

mein ganzes Leben (lang) all my life;

das Geschäft meines/seines etc

Lebens the best deal I have/he has etc ever done, the deal of a lifetime

3. (Lebensweise) (way of) life, auch pej lifestyle;

das Leben in Australien life in Australia;

ein Leben in Armut/im Überfluss a life of poverty/luxury;

das einfache Leben the simple life;

das süße Leben la dolce vita;

das Leben genießen enjoy life;

das Leben ist schon schwer it’s a hard life;

jemandem das Leben sauer machen make sb’s life a misery;

sich mühsam durchs Leben schlagen have a hard struggle through life;

das Stück ist aus dem Leben gegriffen the play is a slice of life;

ein Stück nach dem Leben a play taken from real life, a slice of life

4. (Lebenskraft, Lebendigkeit) life, vitality; (geschäftiges Treiben) activity, bustle; im Gesichtsausdruck: animation;

Leben in eine Sache bringen put some life into sth;

Leben ins Haus bringen Kinder: liven up the place;

Leben in die Bude bringen umg liven things up;

das Stück hat kein Leben the play lacks vitality, there’s no life in the play;

voll(er) Leben full of life (umg beans); Straßen: full of activity ( oder bustle)

5. (Lebensbeschreibung) life, biography;

Leben des Galilei Titel: The Life of Galileo;

aus seinem Leben erzählen recount stories from one’s life;

Leben und Werk großer Künstler the lives and works of great artists

6. (Geschehen) life;

das wirtschaftliche/kulturelle Leben einer Stadt the business/cultural life of a town;

im öffentlichen Leben stehen be active in public life

7. (Lebewesen pl) life;

auf dem Mond ist kein Leben there’s no life on the moon

8. in Wendungen:

etwas für sein Leben gern tun love doing sth;

ich würde für mein Leben gern dorthin fahren I’d give anything to go there, I’d love to go there;

nie im Leben! umg never; (auf gar keinen Fall) auch not on your life;

je im Leben ever;

ins Leben rufen call into being, start (up);

ins Leben treten step into the big, wide world;

wie das Leben so spielt life is full of surprises;

nicht ums Leben möchte ich das: not for anything (in the world); → abschließen B 2, blühend, erwecken 2, ewig A, froh, lassen C 6; nackt, passieren B, trachten etc

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das; Lebens, Leben

1) life

das Leben — life

jemandem das Leben retten — save somebody's life

sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen — take one's [own] life

am Leben sein/bleiben — be/stay alive

seines Lebens nicht [mehr] sicher sein — not be safe [any more]

um sein Leben rennen — run for one's life

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

auf Tod und Leben kämpfen — be engaged in a life-and-death struggle

etwas für sein Leben gern essen/tun — love something/doing something

etwas ins Leben rufen — bring something into being

mit dem Leben davonkommen/das nackte Leben retten — escape/barely escape with one's life

jemandem nach dem Leben trachten — try to kill somebody

ein/sein [ganzes] Leben lang — one's whole life long

noch nie im Leben/zum erstenmal im Leben — never in/for the first time in one's life

mit beiden Beinen od. Füßen im Leben stehen — have one's feet firmly on the ground

nie im Leben, im Leben nicht! — (ugs.) not on your life! (coll.); never in your life! (coll.)

ein Leben in Wohlstand — a life of affluence

wie das Leben so spielt — it's funny the way things turn out

im öffentlichen Leben stehen — be in public life

so ist das Leben — such is life; that's the way things go

die Musik ist ihr Leben — music is her [whole] life

2) (Betriebsamkeit)

auf dem Markt herrschte ein reges Leben — the market was bustling with activity

das Leben auf der Straße — the comings and goings in the street

Leben ins Haus bringen — bring some life into the house

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-- n.

existence n.

life n.

(§ pl.: lives)

lifetime n.

livings n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Leben
16 leben

I v/i

1. (am Leben sein) live; (nicht tot sein) be alive; man lebt nur einmal you only have one life to live, you only live once; lebt er noch? is he still alive?; er wird nicht mehr lange leben he hasn’t got much longer to live, his days are numbered; so wahr ich lebe! I swear it; lebst du noch? umg., hum., iro. well, hello stranger; ich habe alles, was ich zum Leben brauche I have all I need to keep body and soul together; wir leben nicht mehr im 19. Jahrhundert iro. this isn’t the 19th century(, you know); wie gehts? - man lebt ( so eben) umg. how are things? - surviving

2. eine bestimmte Lebensweise haben: leben von (Nahrung) live on ( oder off); (Tätigkeit etc.) live from ( oder off), make a living with ( oder by + Ger.), (Verdienst, Rente) live on; vegetarisch leben be a vegetarian; makrobiotisch leben live on macrobiotic food(s); gesund / ungesund leben lead a healthy / an unhealthy life; in gesunden/ungesunden Verhältnissen: live in healthy / unhealthy conditions; sie leben ganz gut they don’t do too badly (for themselves); nach einem Grundsatz leben live in accordance with a principle, stick to a principle; leben und leben lassen live and let live; sie lebt nur für ihre Kunst she only lives for her art

3. (wohnen) live; wie lange leben Sie schon hier? how long have you been living here?; ich träume davon, in Neuseeland zu leben my dream is to (go and) live in New Zealand

4. fig., Andenken etc.: live on; die Statue lebt the statue is very ( oder so) lifelike; das Stück lebt nicht there’s no life in the play

5. es lebe...! three cheers for...!; es lebe der König / die Königin! long live the King / Queen!; leben Sie wohl farewell; Tag1 4 etc.

6. unpers.: es lebt sich ganz angenehm / bequem etc. life’s quite pleasant / comfortable etc.; hier lebt es sich gut it’s not a bad life here, life’s not bad here

II v/t: ein angenehmes / bequemes etc. Leben leben lead a pleasant / comfortable etc. life, have a pleasant / comfortable ( oder an easy) etc. lifestyle; sein Leben noch einmal leben live one’s life (over) again; sein eigenes Leben leben lead an independent life, go one’s own way; seinen Glauben leben geh. live according to one’s faith ( oder beliefs)

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das Leben

existence; life; lifetime

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Le|ben ['leːbn]
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1) life

das Lében — life

das Lében des Menschen/der Tiere etc — the life of man/animals etc

am Lében sein/bleiben — to be/stay alive

das Lében als Milchmann — life as a milkman, a milkman's life

das Lében Hemingways — Hemingway's life, the life of Hemingway

haben — to have one's life ahead of or in front of or before/behind one

solange ich am Lében bin — as long as I live

sich des Lébens freuen, das or sein Lében genießen — to enjoy life

das or sein Lében verlieren — to lose one's life

jdm das Lében retten — to save sb's life

es geht um Lében und Tod, es ist eine Sache auf Lében und Tod — it's a matter of life and death

wenn dir dein Lében lieb ist — if you value your life

ein glückliches etc Lében führen — to lead a happy etc life

mit dem Lében davonkommen — to escape with one's life

mit dem Lében spielen, sein Lében aufs Spiel setzen — to take one's life in one's hands, to dice with death

mit dem Lében abschließen — to prepare for death

seinem Lében ein Ende machen or bereiten — to put an end to one's life

zu neuem Lében verhelfen — to breathe new life into sth, to revitalize sth

etw ins Lében rufen — to bring sth into being

or befördern (inf) — to kill sb, to take sb's life, to take care of sb (inf); (bei Hinrichtung auch) to put sb to death

seines Lébens nicht mehr sicher sein — to fear for one's life

ums Lében kommen — to die, to lose one's life

sein Lében lassen (müssen) — to lose one's life

jdn am Lében lassen — to spare sb's life

um sein Lében laufen or rennen — to run for one's life or for dear life

das Lében nehmen — to take one's (own) life

jdn wieder ins Lében zurückrufen — to bring sb back to life; Bewusstlosen to revive sb, to bring sb round (Brit) or around (US)

was ist das für ein Lében? — what kind of (a) life is that?

der Mann/die Frau meines Lébens — my ideal man/woman

etw für sein Lében gern tun — to love doing sth, to be mad about doing sth (inf)

etw für sein Lében gern essen/trinken — to be mad about sth (inf), to love sth

jdn künstlich am Lében erhalten — to keep sb alive artificially

ein Lében in Frieden/in Armut etc — a life of peace/poverty etc

er hat es nie leicht gehabt im Lében — he has never had an easy life

ein Lében lang — one's whole life (long)

zum ersten Mal or das erste Mal im Lében — for the first time in one's life

ich habe noch nie im or in meinem Lében geraucht — I have never smoked (in) all my life or in my whole life

nie im Lében! — never!

sich durchs Lében schlagen — to struggle through (life)

ins Lében treten — to go out into the world

im Lében stehen — to have some standing in the world

(draußen) im Lében ist das ganz anders — in real life it's very different

ein Roman, den das Lében schrieb — a novel of real life

ein Film nach dem Lében — a film from real life

das Lében geht weiter — life goes on

unser Lében währet siebenzig Jahr... (Bibl) — the days of our years are three score years and ten (Bibl)

so ist das Lében (eben) — that's life, such is life, that's the way the cookie crumbles (inf)

2) (= Betriebsamkeit) life

auf dem Markt herrscht reges Lében — the market is a hive of activity

in dieser Stadt ist wenigstens Lében — at least there is some life in this town

bringen (inf) — to liven or brighten sth up

voller Lében stecken — to be full of life

es war überhaupt kein Lében in seinem Vortrag — there wasn't a spark of life in his lecture

See:

→ Bude

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1) (living and not dead: Queen Victoria was still alive in 1900.) alive

2) ((a way of) life: an uneventful existence.) existence

3) (to stay alive; to continue to live: It is possible to exist on bread and water.) exist

4) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) life

5) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) life

6) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) life

7) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) life

8) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) life

9) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) life

10) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) live

11) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) live

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Le·ben

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[ˈle:bn̩]

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1. (Lebendigsein) life

sein \Leben aushauchen (geh) to breathe one's last liter

jdn vom \Leben zum Tode befördern (geh) to put sb to death form

etw mit dem [o seinem] \Leben bezahlen (geh) to pay for sth with one's life

am \Leben bleiben/sein to remain [or stay]/be alive

solange er am Leben ist, wird das Haus nicht verkauft as long as he lives the house won't be sold

jdn ums \Leben bringen (geh) to take sb's life

mit dem \Leben davonkommen to escape with one's life

seinem \Leben ein Ende setzen (euph) to take one's life euph

jdn [künstlich] am \Leben erhalten to keep sb alive [artificially]

[bei etw dat/während einer S. gen] ums \Leben kommen to die [in sth/during sth], to lose one's life [in sth/during sth]

jdn das \Leben kosten (geh) to cost sb his/her life

sein \Leben [für jdn/etw] lassen (geh) to give one's life [for sb/sth]

jdn am \Leben lassen to let sb live

um sein \Leben laufen [o rennen] to run for one's life

sich dat das \Leben nehmen (euph) to take one's life euph

jdm das [o jds] \Leben retten to save sb's life

aus dem \Leben scheiden (geh) to depart this world form

jdm das \Leben schenken (geh: jdn gebären) to give birth to sb; (jdn am Leben lassen) to let sb live

mit seinem \Leben spielen to put one's life at risk

[bei etw dat/während einer S. gen] das [o sein] \Leben verlieren to lose one's life [in/during sth]

jdn ins \Leben zurückrufen to revive sb

2. (Existieren) life

das ewige \Leben eternal life

sich akk seines \Lebens freuen to enjoy [one's] life

das \Leben geht weiter life goes on

sein \Leben genießen/verpfuschen to enjoy/ruin one's life

am \Leben hängen to love life

das [o sein] \Leben hinter sich dat haben to have one's life behind one, to have had one's innings fam

das [o sein] \Leben vor sich dat haben to have one's [whole] life before one

ein [o jds] \Leben lang one's [or sb's] whole life

nie im \Leben [o im \Leben nicht] never

jdm/sich das \Leben schwer machen to make life difficult for sb/oneself

so ist das \Leben [eben] that's life, such is life

das [o ein] \Leben nach dem Tod[e] life after death

zeit jds \Lebens as long as sb lives

ich war zeit meines \Lebens noch nie beim Arzt I have never consulted a doctor in all my life

3. (Alltag, Lebensweise) life

ein \Leben in Armut/im Luxus a life of poverty/luxury

ein geruhsames/hektisches \Leben führen to lead a quiet/hectic life

das \Leben Picassos Picasso's life, the life of Picasso

das süße \Leben the life of Riley fam

das tägliche \Leben everyday life

sich akk [mit etw dat] durchs \Leben schlagen to struggle to make a living [doing sth]

das wirkliche \Leben real life

das \Leben zu zweit life as a couple

4. (Lebewesen) life

es gibt kein \Leben auf jenem Planeten there's no life on that planet

5. (Geschehen, Aktivität) life

etw zum [o zu neuem] \Leben erwecken to bring sth back to life, to revive sth

etw ins \Leben rufen to found [or establish] sth

das öffentliche \Leben public life

eine Figur [o Person] des öffentlichen \Lebens a public figure

6. (Lebhaftigkeit) life

der Roman ist ohne \Leben there is no life in the novel

\Leben in etw akk bringen to put some life into sth

voller \Leben sein to be full of life

7. (Lebensinhalt) life

ihr Garten war ihr \Leben her garden was her life

8.

▶ wie das blühende \Leben aussehen to look in the pink hum

▶ \Leben in die Bude bringen (fam) to liven things up

▶ seines \Lebens nicht mehr froh werden to have a rotten life

▶ aus dem Leben gegriffen sein to be a slice of life

▶ es geht um [o ist eine Sache auf] \Leben und Tod it's a matter of life and death

▶ etw für sein \Leben gern tun to love doing sth

ich esse für mein \Leben gern Schokolade I love chocolate

ich würde für mein \Leben gern verreisen I'd love to travel

▶ jds \Leben hängt an einem dünnen [o seidenen] Faden sb's life is hanging by a thread

▶ jdm das \Leben zur Hölle machen to make sb's life hell

▶ wenn dir dein \Leben lieb ist if your life means sth to you

▶ das nackte \Leben retten [o mit dem nackten \Leben davonkommen] to barely escape with one's life

▶ ein Roman den/ein Stück das das \Leben schrieb a novel/a play of real life

▶ seines \Lebens nicht mehr sicher sein (fam) to fear for one's life

▶ [bei etw dat] sein \Leben aufs Spiel setzen to risk one's life [doing sth]

▶ wie das \Leben so spielt (fam) as is the way of the world

▶ jds \Leben steht auf dem Spiel sb's life is at risk

▶ jdm nach dem \Leben trachten to be out to kill sb

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das; Lebens, Leben

1) life

das Leben — life

jemandem das Leben retten — save somebody's life

sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen — take one's [own] life

am Leben sein/bleiben — be/stay alive

seines Lebens nicht [mehr] sicher sein — not be safe [any more]

um sein Leben rennen — run for one's life

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

auf Tod und Leben kämpfen — be engaged in a life-and-death struggle

etwas für sein Leben gern essen/tun — love something/doing something

etwas ins Leben rufen — bring something into being

mit dem Leben davonkommen/das nackte Leben retten — escape/barely escape with one's life

jemandem nach dem Leben trachten — try to kill somebody

ein/sein [ganzes] Leben lang — one's whole life long

noch nie im Leben/zum erstenmal im Leben — never in/for the first time in one's life

mit beiden Beinen od. Füßen im Leben stehen — have one's feet firmly on the ground

nie im Leben, im Leben nicht! — (ugs.) not on your life! (coll.); never in your life! (coll.)

ein Leben in Wohlstand — a life of affluence

wie das Leben so spielt — it's funny the way things turn out

im öffentlichen Leben stehen — be in public life

so ist das Leben — such is life; that's the way things go

die Musik ist ihr Leben — music is her [whole] life

2) (Betriebsamkeit)

auf dem Markt herrschte ein reges Leben — the market was bustling with activity

das Leben auf der Straße — the comings and goings in the street

Leben ins Haus bringen — bring some life into the house

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leben

A. v/i

1. (am Leben sein) live; (nicht tot sein) be alive;

man lebt nur einmal you only have one life to live, you only live once;

lebt er noch? is he still alive?;

er wird nicht mehr lange leben he hasn’t got much longer to live, his days are numbered;

so wahr ich lebe! I swear it;

lebst du noch? umg, hum, iron well, hello stranger;

ich habe alles, was ich zum Leben brauche I have all I need to keep body and soul together;

wir leben nicht mehr im 19. Jahrhundert iron this isn’t the 19th century(, you know);

wie gehts? - man lebt (so eben) umg how are things? - surviving

2. eine bestimmte Lebensweise haben:

leben von (Nahrung) live on ( oder off); (Tätigkeit etc) live from ( oder off), make a living with ( oder by +ger), (Verdienst, Rente) live on;

vegetarisch leben be a vegetarian;

makrobiotisch leben live on macrobiotic food(s);

gesund/ungesund leben lead a healthy/an unhealthy life; in gesunden/ungesunden Verhältnissen: live in healthy/unhealthy conditions;

sie leben ganz gut they don’t do too badly (for themselves);

nach einem Grundsatz leben live in accordance with a principle, stick to a principle;

leben und leben lassen live and let live;

sie lebt nur für ihre Kunst she only lives for her art

3. (wohnen) live;

wie lange leben Sie schon hier? how long have you been living here?;

ich träume davon, in Neuseeland zu leben my dream is to (go and) live in New Zealand

4. fig, Andenken etc: live on;

die Statue lebt the statue is very ( oder so) lifelike;

das Stück lebt nicht there’s no life in the play

5.

es lebe …! three cheers for …!;

es lebe der König/die Königin! long live the King/Queen!;

leben Sie wohl farewell; → Tag¹ 4 etc

6. unpers:

es lebt sich ganz angenehm/bequem etc life’s quite pleasant/comfortable etc;

hier lebt es sich gut it’s not a bad life here, life’s not bad here

B. v/t:

ein angenehmes/bequemes etc

Leben leben lead a pleasant/comfortable etc life, have a pleasant/comfortable ( oder an easy) etc lifestyle;

sein Leben noch einmal leben live one’s life (over) again;

sein eigenes Leben leben lead an independent life, go one’s own way;

seinen Glauben leben geh live according to one’s faith ( oder beliefs)

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das; Lebens, Leben

1) life

das Leben — life

jemandem das Leben retten — save somebody's life

sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen — take one's [own] life

am Leben sein/bleiben — be/stay alive

seines Lebens nicht [mehr] sicher sein — not be safe [any more]

um sein Leben rennen — run for one's life

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

auf Tod und Leben kämpfen — be engaged in a life-and-death struggle

etwas für sein Leben gern essen/tun — love something/doing something

etwas ins Leben rufen — bring something into being

mit dem Leben davonkommen/das nackte Leben retten — escape/barely escape with one's life

jemandem nach dem Leben trachten — try to kill somebody

ein/sein [ganzes] Leben lang — one's whole life long

noch nie im Leben/zum erstenmal im Leben — never in/for the first time in one's life

mit beiden Beinen od. Füßen im Leben stehen — have one's feet firmly on the ground

nie im Leben, im Leben nicht! — (ugs.) not on your life! (coll.); never in your life! (coll.)

ein Leben in Wohlstand — a life of affluence

wie das Leben so spielt — it's funny the way things turn out

im öffentlichen Leben stehen — be in public life

so ist das Leben — such is life; that's the way things go

die Musik ist ihr Leben — music is her [whole] life

2) (Betriebsamkeit)

auf dem Markt herrschte ein reges Leben — the market was bustling with activity

das Leben auf der Straße — the comings and goings in the street

Leben ins Haus bringen — bring some life into the house

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-- n.

existence n.

life n.

(§ pl.: lives)

lifetime n.

livings n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > leben
17 mordu

mordu, e [mɔʀdy]

past participle of mordre

1. adjective

a. ( = amoureux) (inf) smitten

• il est vraiment mordu he's crazy (inf) about her

b. ( = fanatique) (inf) mordu de jazz crazy (inf) about jazz

2. masculine noun, feminine noun

( = fanatique) (inf) enthusiast

• mordu de la voile sailing enthusiast

• mordu d'informatique computer freak (inf)

• c'est un mordu de football he's crazy about football

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1.

mordue mɔʀdy (colloq) adjectif

1) ( passionné)

être mordu de quelque chose — to be mad (colloq) about something

2) ( amoureux) smitten

2.

(colloq) nom masculin, féminin fan

les mordus du ski — skiing fans ou buffs (colloq)

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mɔʀdy mordu, -e
1. pp

See:

mordre

2. adj

1) (= passionné)

être mordu de qch — to be crazy about sth

Il est mordu de jazz. — He's crazy about jazz.

2) (= amoureux) smitten

3. nm/f

un mordu de jazz — a jazz fanatic

un mordu de voile; une mordue de voile — a sailing fanatic

un mordu de cinéma; une mordue de cinéma — a film buff

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mordu, mordue

A ○adj

1 ( passionné) [personne] être mordu de qch to be mad○ about sth;

2 ( amoureux) [personne] smitten; cette fois-ci, elle est (bien) mordue! she's (really) smitten this time!

B ○nm,f fan, buff○; pour les mordus du ski for skiing fans ou buffs.

( féminin mordue) [mɔrdy] adjectif

1. (familier) [passionné]

il est mordu de jazz he's mad ou crazy about jazz

2. SPORT

saut mordu no jump

————————

, mordue [mɔrdy] nom masculin, nom féminin

(familier)

[passionné] addict (humoristique), fan

un mordu de cinéma/d'opéra a film/an opera buff

les mordus du tennis/de Chaplin tennis/Chaplin fans

les mordus de la télé TV addicts

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > mordu
18 perderse

perderse

► verbo pronominal

1 (extraviarse - persona) to get lost; (- animal) to go missing

■ se me ha perdido un pendiente I've lost an earring

2 (confundirse) to get confused, get mixed up

■ en cuanto hablan de política me pierdo when they talk about politics I get lost

3 (desaparecer) to disappear, take off

■ en cuanto ve problemas, se pierde as soon as there's a problem, he disappears

4 (dejar escapar) to miss

■ ¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!

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1) to get lost

2) miss

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VPR

1) [persona] to get lost

tenía miedo de perderme — I was afraid of getting lost o losing my way

se perdieron en el bosque — they got lost in the wood

se perdió en un mar de contradicciones — he got lost in a mass of contradictions

¡piérdete! — * get lost! *

2) [objeto]

se me han perdido las llaves — I've lost my keys

¿qué se les ha perdido en Alemania? — what business have they in Germany?

3) [+ programa, fiesta] to miss

perderse algo interesante — to miss something interesting

¡no te lo pierdas! — don't miss it!

no se pierde ni una — she doesn't miss a thing

4) (=desaparecer) to disappear

el tren se perdió en la niebla — the train disappeared into the fog

el arroyo se pierde en la roca — the stream disappears into the rock

5) (=desperdiciarse) to be wasted, go to waste

se pierde mucho tiempo — a lot of time is wasted

se pierden muchos talentos naturales — a lot of natural talent goes to waste

nada se pierde con intentar — there's no harm in trying

6) (=arruinarse) [persona] to lose one's way; [cosecha] to be ruined, get spoiled

se perdió por el juego — gambling was his ruin o undoing

con la lluvia se ha perdido la cosecha — the rain has ruined the crops

7)

• perderse por algo/algn — to be mad about sth/sb

perderse por hacer algo — to be dying to do sth, long to do sth

8) LAm (=prostituirse) to go on the streets

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(v.) = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings

Ex. If you have a different answer check to see where you went astray.

Ex. Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.

Ex. They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.

Ex. This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.

Ex. The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.

Ex. The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.

Ex. It sounds like it could be quite easy for you to get out of your depth with this problem.

Ex. If one with route knowledge wanders off the route, it would be very difficult for them to backtrack to the route of their own.

Ex. The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.

Ex. Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.

Ex. You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.

Ex. Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.

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(v.) = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings

Ex: If you have a different answer check to see where you went astray.

Ex: Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.

Ex: They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.

Ex: This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.

Ex: The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.

Ex: The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.

Ex: It sounds like it could be quite easy for you to get out of your depth with this problem.

Ex: If one with route knowledge wanders off the route, it would be very difficult for them to backtrack to the route of their own.

Ex: The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.

Ex: Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.

Ex: You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.

Ex: Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.

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■perderse verbo reflexivo
1 (extraviarse) to get lost: es fácil perderse en el metro, it's easy to get lost on the underground
2 (desaparecer) to disappear
perderse entre la multitud, to disappear into the crowd
3 (pervertirse) to go to rack and ruin
' perderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despistarse
- perder
- vista
English:
astray
- lose
- lost
- miss out
- way
- fail
- lapse
- miss
- recede
- stray

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vpr

1. [extraviarse] to get lost;

me he perdido I'm lost;

se han perdido las tijeras the scissors have disappeared;

se me ha perdido el reloj I've lost my watch;
Fig
a mí no se me ha perdido nada por allí I've no desire to go there

2. [desaparecer] to disappear;

se perdió entre el gentío she disappeared amongst the crowd;
Fam
¡piérdete! get lost!

3. [distraerse, no seguir el hilo]
me he perdido, ¿podría repetir? I'm lost, would you mind repeating what you just said?;

cuando empiezan a hablar de toros yo me pierdo when they start talking about bullfighting, I get completely lost;

uno se pierde entre tantas siglas de partidos políticos all these acronyms for the different political parties are so confusing;

explícamelo otra vez, que me he perdido explain it to me again, you lost me

4. [desaprovechar]
perderse algo to miss out on sth;

¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!;

me he perdido el principio I missed the beginning;

no te has perdido gran cosa you didn't miss much

5. [desperdiciarse] to be wasted

6. [por los vicios, las malas compañías] to be beyond salvation

7. [anhelar]
perderse por to be mad about

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perderse

v/r get lost;

no se te ha perdido nada aquí fig there’s nothing here for you

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vr

extraviarse: to get lost, to stray

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perderse vb

1. (extraviarse) to get lost

nos perdimos en el bosque we got lost in the forest

¡piérdete! get lost!

2. (concierto, película, etc) to miss

¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!

Spanish-English dictionary > perderse
19 chiflado

Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar) \ \
chiflado es: \ \
el participio
Multiple Entries: chiflado chiflar
chiflado

◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);
estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq) ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo verbo intransitivo 1 ( silbar) to whistle 2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):
◊ le chiflan los coches he's crazy about cars (colloq)
chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
chiflado,-a
I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
chiflar verbo intransitivo
1 (con la boca) to whistle (con un silbato) to blow
2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music ' chiflado' also found in these entries: Spanish: chiflada - sonada - sonado - loco English: barmy - batty - bend - loony - mental - moonstruck - nut - nutcase - nuts - nutty - plumb - potty - wacky - zany - cracked - crush - dotty - kooky - screw

English-spanish dictionary > chiflado
20 matto

['matto] matto (-a)
1. agg

1) (gen), fig mad, crazy, Med insane

sei matto! — you're mad!

sempre più matto — madder and madder

diventare matto — to go mad

sto diventando matta! — I'm going mad!

far diventare matto qn — to drive sb mad o crazy

mi ha fatto diventar matto — he drove me mad

andare matto per qc — to be crazy o mad about sth

va matto per il calcio — he's mad about football

quella testa matta ne ha combinato un'altra — that lunatic has done it again

matto da legare — as mad as a hatter

fossi matto! — (neanche per sogno) not on your life!

avere una voglia matta di — (cibo, cioccolato) to have a craving for

ho una voglia matta di incontrarlo — I'm dying to meet him, I can't wait to meet him

2)

(falso) oro matto — imitation gold

3) (opaco) matt

2. sm/f

madman (madwoman), lunatic

ridere come un matto — to laugh hysterically

fare il matto — to act the fool

mi piace da matti la tua giacca — I just love your jacket

roba da matti! — it's unbelievable!

una gabbia di matti fig — a madhouse

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crazy*/*/ — [ˈkreɪzi] adj informal not at all sensible or practical It s crazy. Who would do a thing like that?[/ex] She knew she would be completely crazy to refuse.[/ex] • crazy about sb very much in love with someone[/ex] crazy about sth very enthusiastic … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
kid — kid1 W2S1 [kıd] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: kith] 1.) informal a child ▪ She d always loved animals since she was a little kid . ▪ He s married with three kids. ▪ A neighbor volunteered to keep an eye on the kids (=their children or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lose — W1S1 [lu:z] v past tense and past participle lost [lɔst US lo:st] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop having attitude/quality etc)¦ 2¦(not win)¦ 3¦(cannot find something)¦ 4¦(stop having something)¦ 5¦(death)¦ 6¦(money)¦ 7 have nothing to lose 8¦(time)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English

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