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to have open

Толкование Перевод

1 open huis houden

open huis houden

have an open ^Bday/ ^Ahouse

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > open huis houden
2 have an open mind

to have a willingness to listen to or accept new ideas, other people's suggestions etc (eg before making a decision):

It doesn't seem to be a very good plan, but I think we should keep an open mind about it for the time being.
يكون لَديهِ عَقْلٌ مَفْتوح

Arabic-English dictionary > have an open mind
3 have et åbent sind

keep / have an open mind

Danish-English dictionary > have et åbent sind
4 have

تَعَرَّضَ لِـ \ expose: to uncover; lay open: Soldiers are often exposed to danger. have: to experience: I had a bad dream. He had a pain. meet with: to experience: She met with an accident.

Arabic-English glossary > have
5 open communication

Gen Mgt

a communications policy intended to ensure that employees have full information about their organization

The ultimate business dictionary > open communication
6 open-end credit

Fin

a form of credit that does not have an upper limit on the amount that can be borrowed or a time limit before repayment is due

The ultimate business dictionary > open-end credit
7 open interest

Fin

options that have not yet been closed

The ultimate business dictionary > open interest
8 in the open air

not in a building:

If it doesn't rain, we'll have the party in the open air.
في الهَواء الطَّلْق

Arabic-English dictionary > in the open air
9 keep an open mind

to have a willingness to listen to or accept new ideas, other people's suggestions etc (eg before making a decision):

It doesn't seem to be a very good plan, but I think we should keep an open mind about it for the time being.
يكون لَديهِ عَقْلٌ مَفْتوح

Arabic-English dictionary > keep an open mind
10 een open doekje (krijgen)

een open doekje (krijgen)

(have) a curtain call

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een open doekje (krijgen)
11 een open oor hebben voor iets

een open oor hebben voor iets

have a ready ear for something

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een open oor hebben voor iets
12 estar en tres y dos

• have one's will

• have open house

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estar en tres y dos
13 tener sólo una alternativa

• have one's will

• have open house

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener sólo una alternativa
14 aufhaben

(unreg., trennb., hat -ge-) umg.

I v/t

1. (Hut etc.) have on, be wearing; er hatte die Brille nicht auf he wasn’t wearing his glasses

2. (Augen, Tür etc.) have open; immer aufhaben keep open (all the time); (Reißverschluss) have undone

3. (Aufgabe) have to do; viel / wenig aufhaben have a lot of / very little homework; was haben wir ( für morgen) auf? what’s for homework ( oder what’s our homework) (for tomorrow)?

4. umg. (Essen) have finished

II v/i umg. Geschäft etc.: be open

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auf|ha|ben sep
1. vt

1) Hut, Brille to have on, to wear

sie hat ihre Brille nicht aufgehabt — she didn't have her glasses on, she wasn't wearing her glasses

2) Tür, Augen, Laden, Jacke to have open

3)

(SCH als Hausaufgabe) etw áúfhaben — to have sth (to do)

ich habe heute viel auf — I've got a lot of homework today

4) (inf = aufgemacht haben) to have got or gotten (US) open

5) (inf = aufgegessen haben) to have eaten up

2. vi
(Laden etc) to be open
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auf|ha·ben

irreg

I. vt (fam)

▪ etw \aufhaben

1. (geöffnet haben) to leave open sth sep

2. (an sich tragen) to wear [or sep have on] sth

3. (aufgeknöpft haben) to have sth open

einen Knopf \aufhaben to have a button undone

4. SCH (aufbekommen haben) to have sth [to do]

5. DIAL (aufgegessen haben) to have finished [eating/drinking] [or have eaten/drunk up] sth sep

II. vi (fam) to be open

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1.
(ugs.) unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (aufgesetzt haben) have on; wear

2) (geöffnet haben) have < zip> undone; have <door, window, jacket, blouse> open

die Augen aufhaben — have one's eyes open

3) (aufbekommen haben) have got <cupboard, case, safe, etc.> open; have got <knot, zip> undone

4) (für die Schule)

etwas aufhaben — have something as homework

viel/wenig aufhaben — have a lot of/not have much homework

5) (aufgegessen haben) have eaten up or finished
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb <shop, office> be open

wir haben bis 17.30 auf — we are open until 5.30 p.m

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aufhaben (irr, trennb, hat -ge-) umg

A. v/t

1. (Hut etc) have on, be wearing;

er hatte die Brille nicht auf he wasn’t wearing his glasses

2. (Augen, Tür etc) have open;

immer aufhaben keep open (all the time); (Reißverschluss) have undone

3. (Aufgabe) have to do;

viel/wenig aufhaben have a lot of/very little homework;

was haben wir (für morgen) auf? what’s for homework ( oder what’s our homework) (for tomorrow)?

4. umg (Essen) have finished

B. v/i umg Geschäft etc: be open

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1.
(ugs.) unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (aufgesetzt haben) have on; wear

2) (geöffnet haben) have < zip> undone; have <door, window, jacket, blouse> open

die Augen aufhaben — have one's eyes open

3) (aufbekommen haben) have got <cupboard, case, safe, etc.> open; have got <knot, zip> undone

4) (für die Schule)

etwas aufhaben — have something as homework

viel/wenig aufhaben — have a lot of/not have much homework

5) (aufgegessen haben) have eaten up or finished
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb <shop, office> be open

wir haben bis 17.30 auf — we are open until 5.30 p.m

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v.

to wear v.

(§ p.,p.p.: wore, worn)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > aufhaben
15 corazón

intj.

sweetheart, honey.

m.

1 heart, bottom, core, center.

2 heart, cor.

3 sweetheart.

4 heart, center of personality and emotion.

5 Corazón.

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corazón

► nombre masculino

1 ANATOMÍA heart

2 figurado (parte central) heart, core

■ en el corazón de la ciudad in the heart of the city

3 (de fruta) core

4 (apelativo) darling, dear, sweetheart

■ ¿qué quieres, corazón? what do you want, darling?

► nombre masculino plural corazones

1 (naipes) hearts

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir el corazón a alguien figurado to open one's heart to somebody

de corazón / de todo corazón figurado sincerely, in all sincerity

estar con el corazón en un puño figurado to have one's heart in one's mouth

estar enfermo del corazón to have heart trouble

hablar con el corazón en la mano figurado to speak from the heart

llegar al corazón de alguien to touch somebody's heart

llevar el corazón en la mano to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

me dice el corazón que... I have a feeling that...

padecer del corazón to have heart trouble

romper el corazón a alguien figurado to break somebody's heart

ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted

ser todo corazón figurado to be all heart, be kindness itself

tener buen corazón figurado to be kind-hearted

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noun m.

1) heart

2) core

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SM

1) (Anat) heart

le falló el corazón — his heart failed, he had heart failure

estar enfermo o mal del corazón — to have heart trouble o problems

padecer o sufrir del corazón — to have a weak heart, have heart trouble o problems

ser operado a corazón abierto — to have open heart surgery
ataque 2)
2)

- abrir el corazón a algn

no caberle a algn el corazón en el pecho —

cuando me lo dijeron no me cabía el corazón en el pecho — when they told me I was over the moon *

- de corazón

te lo digo de corazón — I mean it sincerely

- de buen corazón

- de gran corazón

de todo corazón —

se lo agradezco de todo corazón — I thank you with all my heart o from the bottom of my heart

la quería con todo mi corazón — I loved her with all my heart

- ser duro de corazón

encoger a algn el corazón —

aquellas imágenes me encogieron el corazón — those scenes made my heart bleed

un grito en la noche me encogió el corazón — a scream during the night made my heart miss a beat

llegar al corazón de algn —

sus palabras me llegaron al corazón — I was deeply touched by her words, her words touched my heart

- con el corazón en la mano

- partir o romper el corazón a algn

- tener el corazón en la boca o en un puño

- tener un corazón de oro

- tener el corazón de piedra

- no tener corazón

una mujer sin corazón — a heartless woman

- no tener corazón para hacer algo

3) (Prensa)

la prensa del corazón — gossip magazines pl

una revista del corazón — a gossip magazine

4) [apelativo]

sí, corazón — yes, sweetheart

¡hijo de mi corazón! — (my) darling!

5) (=centro) [de ciudad, zona, alcachofa] heart; [de manzana] core

limpie las manzanas y quíteles el corazón — wash and core the apples

6) pl corazones (Naipes) hearts

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masculino

1)

a) (Anat) heart

lo operaron a corazón abierto — he underwent open heart surgery

sufre del corazón — she has heart trouble

abrirle el corazón a alguien — to open one's heart to somebody

con el corazón en la boca or un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en la boca hasta que... our hearts were in our mouths until...; con el corazón en la mano with one's hand on one's heart; el corazón me/le dio un vuelco my/his heart missed a beat; se me/le encogió el corazón ( de tristeza) it made my/his heart bleed; ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted; tener un corazón de oro/de piedra — to have a heart of gold/of stone

b) ( sentimientos) heart

es un hombre de buen/gran corazón — he's very kind-hearted/big-hearted

no tener corazón — to be heartless (colloq)

tener buen corazón — to be kind-hearted

tiene su corazoncito — his heart's in the right place

con todo mi corazón — with all my heart

de (todo) corazón — sincerely

le destrozó or partió el corazón — it broke her heart

no caberle a alguien el corazón en el pecho — I/he was bursting with pride (o joy etc)

c) ( apelativo cariñoso) (fam) sweetheart (colloq)

2)

a) (de manzana, pera) core; ( de alcachofa) heart

b) (de ciudad, área) heart

3) ( en naipes)

a) ( carta) heart

b) corazones masculino plural ( palo) hearts (pl)

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= core, focal point, heart.

Ex. The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex. The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.

Ex. A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.

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* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* ataque al corazón = heart attack.

* cirugía a corazón abierto = open surgery, open heart surgery.

* con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted.

* con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón en un puño = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón partido = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* conquistar el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* corazón de oro = heart of gold.

* corazón de piedra = stony heart, heart of stone.

* corazón de una región = heartland.

* corazón de un país = heartland.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de todo corazón = heart-to-heart, with all + Posesivo + heart.

* dolor de corazón = heartache.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.

* el corazón de = the heart of.

* enfermedad coronaria del corazón = coronary heart disease.

* enfermedad del corazón = heart disease.

* enfermedad reumática del corazón = rheumatic heart disease.

* ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.

* hacer de tripas corazón = bite + the bullet.

* ladrón de corazones = lady-killer.

* latido del corazón = heartbeat, heart beating.

* limpio de corazón = pure of heart.

* llegar al corazón de = go to + the heart of.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = ignorance is bliss.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind.

* operación de corazón = heart operation.

* puro de corazón = pure of heart.

* revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.

* ser todo corazón = have + a heart of gold.

* soplo en el corazón = heart murmur.

* tener el corazón de un león = have + the heart of a lion.

* tener un corazón de oro = have + a heart of gold.

* una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.

* válvula del corazón = heart valve.

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masculino

1)

a) (Anat) heart

lo operaron a corazón abierto — he underwent open heart surgery

sufre del corazón — she has heart trouble

abrirle el corazón a alguien — to open one's heart to somebody

con el corazón en la boca or un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en la boca hasta que... our hearts were in our mouths until...; con el corazón en la mano with one's hand on one's heart; el corazón me/le dio un vuelco my/his heart missed a beat; se me/le encogió el corazón ( de tristeza) it made my/his heart bleed; ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted; tener un corazón de oro/de piedra — to have a heart of gold/of stone

b) ( sentimientos) heart

es un hombre de buen/gran corazón — he's very kind-hearted/big-hearted

no tener corazón — to be heartless (colloq)

tener buen corazón — to be kind-hearted

tiene su corazoncito — his heart's in the right place

con todo mi corazón — with all my heart

de (todo) corazón — sincerely

le destrozó or partió el corazón — it broke her heart

no caberle a alguien el corazón en el pecho — I/he was bursting with pride (o joy etc)

c) ( apelativo cariñoso) (fam) sweetheart (colloq)

2)

a) (de manzana, pera) core; ( de alcachofa) heart

b) (de ciudad, área) heart

3) ( en naipes)

a) ( carta) heart

b) corazones masculino plural ( palo) hearts (pl)

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= core, focal point, heart.

Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.

Ex: A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* ataque al corazón = heart attack.

* cirugía a corazón abierto = open surgery, open heart surgery.

* con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted.

* con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón en un puño = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón partido = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* conquistar el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* corazón de oro = heart of gold.

* corazón de piedra = stony heart, heart of stone.

* corazón de una región = heartland.

* corazón de un país = heartland.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de todo corazón = heart-to-heart, with all + Posesivo + heart.

* dolor de corazón = heartache.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.

* el corazón de = the heart of.

* enfermedad coronaria del corazón = coronary heart disease.

* enfermedad del corazón = heart disease.

* enfermedad reumática del corazón = rheumatic heart disease.

* ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.

* hacer de tripas corazón = bite + the bullet.

* ladrón de corazones = lady-killer.

* latido del corazón = heartbeat, heart beating.

* limpio de corazón = pure of heart.

* llegar al corazón de = go to + the heart of.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = ignorance is bliss.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind.

* operación de corazón = heart operation.

* puro de corazón = pure of heart.

* revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.

* ser todo corazón = have + a heart of gold.

* soplo en el corazón = heart murmur.

* tener el corazón de un león = have + the heart of a lion.

* tener un corazón de oro = have + a heart of gold.

* una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.

* válvula del corazón = heart valve.

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corazón

masculine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) heart

lo operaron a corazón abierto he underwent open heart surgery

sufre del corazón she has heart trouble

abrirle el corazón a algn to open one's heart to sb

con el corazón en la boca or un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en un puño hasta que … our hearts were in our mouths o we were on tenterhooks until …

con el corazón en la mano (con toda sinceridad) with one's hand on one's heart, from the heart; (angustiado) on tenterhooks

me/le dio un vuelco el corazón my/his heart missed o skipped a beat

no me/le cabía el corazón en el pecho I/he was bursting with pride ( o joy etc)

se me/le encogió el corazón (de tristeza) it made my/his heart bleed; (de susto) my/his heart missed o skipped a beat

ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted

tener un corazón de oro to have a heart of gold

tener un corazón de piedra to have a heart of stone

2 (sentimientos) heart

es un hombre de gran corazón he's very big-hearted

no tienes corazón you're heartless ( colloq)

no tengo corazón para hacerlo I haven't the heart to do it

pero en el fondo tiene su corazoncito but his heart's in the right place

te quiero con todo mi corazón I love you with all my heart

te lo digo de (todo) corazón I mean it sincerely

te deseo de (todo) corazón que todo te salga bien I hope with all my heart that everything works out for you

le destrozó or partió or desgarró el corazón it broke her heart o left her heartbroken

aquellas palabras me llegaron al corazón those words touched me deeply

haz lo que te dicte el corazón do as your heart tells you, follow (the dictates of) your heart

3 (apelativo cariñoso) ( fam); sweetheart ( colloq)

B

1 (de una manzana, pera) core; (de una alcachofa) heart

se quita el corazón a la manzana core the apple

2 (de una ciudad, un área) heart

C (en naipes)

1 (carta) heart

2 corazones mpl (palo) hearts (pl)

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corazón sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( en general) heart;

◊ sufre del corazón she has heart trouble;

es un hombre de buen/grancorazón he's very kind-hearted/big-hearted;
no tener corazón to be heartless (colloq);
con todo mi corazón with all my heart;
de (todo) corazón sincerely;
le partió el corazón it broke her heart;
tener un corazón de oro/de piedra to have a heart of gold/of stone
b) ( apelativo cariñoso) (fam) sweetheart (colloq)

2
a) (de manzana, pera) core;

( de alcachofa) heart
b) (de ciudad, área) heart

3 ( en naipes)
a) ( carta) heart

b)

◊ corazones sustantivo masculino plural ( palo) hearts (pl)

corazón sustantivo masculino
1 Anat heart
2 (núcleo) heart
3 (de una manzana, etc) core
4 Naipes corazones, hearts
♦ Locuciones: ser todo corazón, to be kind-hearted
tener el corazón en un puño, to be terrified
de (todo) corazón, in all sincerity
' corazón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ataque
- dar
- dedo
- delicada
- delicado
- desnuda
- desnudo
- electro
- encoger
- latido
- palpitar
- palpitación
- palpitante
- partir
- revista
- salto
- soplo
- torácica
- torácico
- traspasar
- tripa
- vuelco
- ablandar
- conquistar
- desgarrar
- destrozar
- dilatarse
- enfermo
- especialista
- fallar
- hondo
- latir
- llenar
- mano
- operación
- operar
- padecer
- piedra
- prensa
- rencor
- tierno
English:
aching
- beat
- break
- brokenhearted
- condition
- congenital
- core
- finger
- flutter
- give out
- goodness
- heart
- heart-broken
- heart-shaped
- heartbeat
- into
- murmur
- pith
- pound
- pounding
- race
- soft
- soften
- tender-hearted
- throb
- thump
- thump out
- trouble
- wholeheartedly
- hard
- have
- heartless
- kind
- nail
- plunge
- -shaped
- still
- weak
- wrong

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corazón nm

1. [órgano] heart;

a corazón abierto [operación] open-heart;

padecer del corazón to have heart trouble;

Comp

con el corazón en la mano frankly, openly;

Comp

con el corazón en un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en un puño esperando el resultado del análisis we were on tenterhooks waiting for the results of the test;

Comp

me dice el corazón que… I have this feeling inside that…;

Comp

se me encoge el corazón al ver… it breaks my heart to see…;

Comp

llegar al corazón: [m5] sus comentarios me llegaron al corazón I was deeply touched by what he said;

Comp

romper o [m5] partir el corazón a alguien to break sb's heart;

Comp

no tener corazón to have no heart, to be heartless;

Comp

tener buen corazón to be kindhearted;

Comp

tener un corazón de oro to have a heart of gold;

Comp

tener un corazón de piedra to have a heart of stone;

Comp

de todo corazón: [m5] se lo agradezco de todo corazón I thank you with all my heart o from the bottom of my heart;

te pido de todo corazón que les dejes marchar I'm begging you to let them go

Comp
corazón artificial artificial heart
2. [sentimientos] heart;

se deja llevar por el corazón she lets her heart rule her head

3. [apelativo] sweetheart;

¡Ana de mi corazón! Ana, sweetheart!

4. [parte central] heart;

en pleno corazón de la ciudad right in the heart of the city

5. [de frutas] core;
[de alcachofa] heart;
sácale el corazón a la manzana core the apple

6.
(dedo) corazón middle finger

7. [naipe] heart

8.
corazones [palo] hearts

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corazón

m

1 heart;

a corazón abierto MED operación open-heart atr ;

ser todo corazón be all heart;

te digo, con el corazón en la mano, que … I can say, hand on heart, that …;

de todo corazón with all one’s heart;

de buen corazón good-hearted;

tener un corazón de oro have a heart of gold;

con el corazón encogido upset;

se me encoge el corazón I get upset;

se me parte o

rompe el corazón my heart breaks;

no tener corazón be heartless;

¡(mi) corazón!, ¡corazón (mío)! (my) darling!, sweetheart!

2 de fruta core

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corazón nm, pl - zones

1) : heart

de todo corazón: wholeheartedly

de buen corazón: kindhearted

2) : core

3) : darling, sweetheart

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corazón n

1. (en general) heart

el corazón bombea la sangre the heart pumps the blood

2. (de fruta) core

3. (dedo) middle finger

con la mano en el corazón / de corazón from the heart

estar con el corazón en un puño to have your heart in your mouth

Spanish-English dictionary > corazón
16 libero

free

camera d'albergo vacant, free

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libero¹ agg.

1 free (anche fig.): lasciare libero un prigioniero, to set a prisoner free; essere un libero cittadino, to be a free citizen; libero arbitrio, free will; libero come l'aria, as free as the air; libero da pregiudizi, free from prejudice; libero da preoccupazioni, carefree (o free from care); è libero di fare quello che vuole, he is free to do what he wants; radio, televisione libera, independent radio, TV channel; libero amore, free love; ha sempre avuto libero accesso agli uffici, he has always had free access to the offices; entrata libera, admission free // parcheggio libero, free car park // spiaggia libera, public beach // traduzione libera, free translation; verso libero, free verse // disegno a mano libera, freehand drawing // (chim.) allo stato libero, loose // ( sport): esercizi a corpo libero, floor exercises; stile libero, freestyle (o crawl); tiro libero, free throw // (dir.): libero da tutela, of age; libero su cauzione, out on bail; fede di stato libero, certificate of unmarried status; carta libera, unstamped paper // libera professione, profession; libero professionista, professional (o freelancer); libero docente, tenured university lecturer // (econ.): libera impresa, free enterprise; libera trattazione, free marketing; libero scambio, free trade (o freedom of trade); libero gioco della domanda e dell'offerta, free play of supply and demand; area di libero scambio, free trade area; libera concorrenza, open (o free) competition; mercato libero, open (o free) market // (fin.): cambio libero, free exchange; libera monetazione, free coinage // (trib.) libero da imposta, duty-free (o tax-free) // (dir.) libero da ipoteca, unmortgaged (o mortgage-free o unencumbered)

2 (non occupato) free, clear, empty; vacant: è libero questo tavolo?, is this table free?; lasciare libera una camera, to leave a room free; ci sono ancora dei posti liberi se vuoi venire a teatro, there are still some seats free if you want to come to the theatre; l'autostrada era completamente libera, the motorway was completely clear; aprimi la porta, visto che hai le mani libere, since your hands are free (o empty) open the door for me; è difficile trovare un appartamento libero, it's hard to find a vacant flat; posto di lavoro libero, vacancy; il taxi è libero, the taxi is for hire (o free); (tel.) la linea è libera, the line is free; mi ha dato via libera per il progetto, (fig.) he has given me the go-ahead for the project; Via libera!, Se ne sono andati tutti, (fig.) It's all clear! They've all gone away // (ferr.) via libera, line clear

3 (senza impegni) free, not engaged, off (pred.): tempo libero, free (o spare) time; quando sarò libero verrò a trovarti, when I'm free I'll look you up; sono libero dalle due alle tre, I am free between two and three; l'ho lasciato libero nel pomeriggio, I gave him the afternoon free (o off); mi lascerai libero presto oggi?, will you let me off early today?; sabato libero, Saturday off

4 (aperto) open, clear: all'aria libera, in the open air

5 (licenzioso) free, loose: costumi, discorsi liberi, loose customs, talk

6 (mecc.) free, clear: ruota libera, free-wheel.

libero² s.m. (calcio) libero (pl. -os); (nella tattica del catenaccio) sweeper, spare man.

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

1) (senza costrizioni) free, (persona: non sposata) unattached

sei libera domani sera? — are you free tomorrow evening?

tenersi libero per domani/lunedì — to keep tomorrow/Monday free

libero da — (legami, preoccupazioni) free of o from

essere libero di fare qc — to be free to do sth

sei libero di rifiutare — you're free o at liberty to refuse

siete liberi di andarvene — you're free to go

dar libero corso a — to give free rein to

dar libero sfogo a — to give vent to

libera discussione — free o open discussion

"ingresso libero" — (gratuito) "entrance o admission free"

2) (non occupato: gen) free, (passaggio) clear, (posto) vacant, free, (linea telefonica) free

finalmente è libero! — the line is free at last!

è libero questo posto? — is this seat free?

avete una camera libera per questa sera? — have you got a room available for tonight?

non ha mai un momento libero — he never has a free moment

cosa fai nel tempo libero? — what do you do in your free o spare time?

la strada è libera — the road is clear

via libera! — all clear!

avere via libera — to have a free hand

dare via libera a qn — to give sb the go-ahead

2. sm

Calcio, (anche: battitore libero) sweeper

3.

- libera professione

- libera uscita

- libero arbitrio

- libero professionista

- libero scambio

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['libero] 1.
aggettivo

1) [persona, paese, popolo] free

libero da — free from [pregiudizi, obblighi]; free from o of, clear of [ debiti]

libero da ipoteca — free of mortgage

2) (non impedito) free

avere le mani -e — to have one's hands free

avere mano -a — fig. to have a free hand

3) (non letterale) [traduzione, interpretazione] liberal, loose

4) (sgombro) [strada, via, spazio] clear

avere libero accesso — to have open o unrestricted access

"lasciare libero il passaggio" — "keep clear", "do not block"

5) (gratuito) [parcheggio, ingresso, entrata] free

6) (disponibile) [ persona] available; [camera, WC] vacant; [ posto] vacant, free, available; [ linea telefonica] open; [ taxi] for hire

siete -i domani? — are you free tomorrow?

tieniti libero per il 4 — keep the 4th clear

tempo libero — free o spare time, time off, leisure (time)

7) sport

stile libero — (nel nuoto) crawl

tiro libero — (nel basket) free throw
2.
sostantivo maschile sport (nel calcio) sweeper; (nella pallavolo) libero player

libero amore — free love

libero arbitrio — filos. free will

- a concorrenza — econ. free competition

-a impresa, -a iniziativa — econ. free enterprise

libero pensatore — freethinker

libero pensiero — freethinking, free thought

libero professionista — freelance professional

libero scambio — econ. free trade

- a uscita — leave

••

essere libero come l'aria — to be as free as the air o a bird

dare il via -a a qcn. — to give sb. the all clear o green light

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libero

/'libero/

I aggettivo

1 [persona, paese, popolo] free; libero da free from [pregiudizi, obblighi]; free from o of, clear of [ debiti]; libero da ipoteca free of mortgage

2 (non impedito) free; avere le mani -e to have one's hands free; avere mano -a fig. to have a free hand

3 (non letterale) [traduzione, interpretazione] liberal, loose

4 (sgombro) [strada, via, spazio] clear; avere libero accesso to have open o unrestricted access; "lasciare libero il passaggio" "keep clear", "do not block"

5 (gratuito) [parcheggio, ingresso, entrata] free

6 (disponibile) [ persona] available; [camera, WC] vacant; [ posto] vacant, free, available; [ linea telefonica] open; [ taxi] for hire; siete -i domani? are you free tomorrow? tieniti libero per il 4 keep the 4th clear; tempo libero free o spare time, time off, leisure (time)

7 sport stile libero (nel nuoto) crawl; tiro libero (nel basket) free throw

II sostantivo maschile

sport (nel calcio) sweeper; (nella pallavolo) libero player

IDIOMS

essere libero come l'aria to be as free as the air o a bird; dare il via -a a qcn. to give sb. the all clear o green light

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COMPOUNDS

libero amore free love; libero arbitrio filos. free will; - a concorrenza econ. free competition; -a impresa, -a iniziativa econ. free enterprise; libero pensatore freethinker; libero pensiero freethinking, free thought; libero professionista freelance professional; libero scambio econ. free trade; - a uscita leave.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > libero
17 loco

adj.

1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.

2 crazy.

m.

madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.

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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

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1. (f. - loca)
adj.

crazy, mad

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

crazy person

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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

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I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

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

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

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

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

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

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

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

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

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

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

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

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

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

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

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

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

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

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

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

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

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

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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).

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I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

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

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

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

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

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

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

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

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

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

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

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

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

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

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

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

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

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

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

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

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

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

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

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

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

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

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

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

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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

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

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

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

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

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

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

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

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

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

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* * *

loco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

volverse loco to go mad

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

3

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

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

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

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

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

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

B

1

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

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful

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

2 loco DE algo:

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

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

estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain

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

3

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

loco² -ca

masculine, feminine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)

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

la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination

B

loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone

C

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

* * *

loco 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

e) ( indicando gran cantidad):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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loco, -a

♦ adj

1. [demente] mad, crazy;

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

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

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

volverse loco to go mad;

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

Comp

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

Comp

¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;

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

2. [insensato] mad, crazy;

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

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

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

3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;

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

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

estar loco de amor to be madly in love;

estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;

estar loco de ira to be raging mad;

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

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

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

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

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

la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella

4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;

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

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

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

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

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

♦ nm,f

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

corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;

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

ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;

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

Comp

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

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

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

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

3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone

* * *

loco

I adj mad, crazy;

a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;

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

loco de atar o

remate completely mad;

estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;

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

II m

1 madman;

cada loco con su tema each to his own;

hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.

2 Rpl fam

guy;

loco, ayudame help me, pal

* * *

loco, -ca adj

1) demente: crazy, insane, mad

2)

a lo loco : wildly, recklessly

3)

volverse loco : to go mad

loco, -ca n

1) : crazy person, lunatic

2)

hacerse el loco : to act the fool

* * *

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

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

me estás volviendo loco you're driving me crazy

me vuelve loca el chocolate I'm crazy about chocolate

volverse loco to go mad

loco² n lunatic

Spanish-English dictionary > loco
18 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)

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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

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chiflado

adj fam

crazy fam

( por about), nuts fam

( por about)

II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam

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chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy

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

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

Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado
19 difícil

adj.

difficult, tough, arduous, cumbersome.

Un trabajo difícil [duro] A stiff job.

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difícil

► adjetivo

1 difficult, hard

■ es difícil de complacer she's hard to please

■ lo que dices es difícil de entender what you're saying is difficult to understand

2 (improbable) unlikely

■ es difícil que nos encontremos allí it's unlikely that we'll meet there, we're unlikely to meet there

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adj.

difficult, hard

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ADJ

1) (=complicado) [problema] difficult; [tiempos, vida] difficult, hard; [situación] difficult, delicate

es difícil de hacer — it's difficult o hard to do

es difícil que venga — he is unlikely to come

me resulta muy difícil decidir — I find it very hard to decide, I have great difficulty in deciding

creo que lo tiene difícil — I think he's going to find it difficult

2) [persona] difficult

es un hombre difícil — he's a difficult man to get on with

un niño difícil — a difficult child

3) * [cara] ugly

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adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

corren tiempos difíciles — these are difficult times

con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil — you're making it harder for me by being like that

lo tiene difícil para convencerlo — she'll have a hard job convincing him

me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

esto se hace cada vez más difícil — this is becoming more and more difficult

difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

es difícil de entender — it's difficult to understand

b) [estar] (fam)

está la cosa difícil — things are pretty difficult o tricky (colloq)

2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

va a ser muy difícil que acepte — it's very unlikely that he'll accept

veo difícil que gane — I doubt if she'll win

3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult

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= arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

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

Ex. It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.

Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.

Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.

Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex. The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.

Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.

Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.

Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.

Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.

Ex. Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.

Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.

Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.

Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

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* ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.

* algo muy difícil = a tough sell.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* cuestión difícil = poser.

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.

* difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.

* difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de descifrar = cryptic.

* difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.

* difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.

* difícil de entender = cryptic.

* difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.

* difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.

* difícil de hacer = hard to do.

* difícil de localizar = irretraceable.

* difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.

* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.

* difícil de tratar = unruly.

* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.

* en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* en épocas difíciles = in times of need.

* enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.

* en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.

* hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.

* hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* pregunta difícil = poser.

* pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.

* problema difícil = poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* situación difícil = hardship.

* tarea difícil = hard task.

* tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.

* tenerlo difícil = not be easy.

* tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

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adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

corren tiempos difíciles — these are difficult times

con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil — you're making it harder for me by being like that

lo tiene difícil para convencerlo — she'll have a hard job convincing him

me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

esto se hace cada vez más difícil — this is becoming more and more difficult

difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

es difícil de entender — it's difficult to understand

b) [estar] (fam)

está la cosa difícil — things are pretty difficult o tricky (colloq)

2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

va a ser muy difícil que acepte — it's very unlikely that he'll accept

veo difícil que gane — I doubt if she'll win

3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult

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= arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

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

Ex: It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.

Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.

Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.

Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex: The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.

Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.

Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.

Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.

Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.

Ex: Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.

Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.

Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

* ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.

* algo muy difícil = a tough sell.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* cuestión difícil = poser.

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.

* difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.

* difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de descifrar = cryptic.

* difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.

* difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.

* difícil de entender = cryptic.

* difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.

* difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.

* difícil de hacer = hard to do.

* difícil de localizar = irretraceable.

* difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.

* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.

* difícil de tratar = unruly.

* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.

* en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* en épocas difíciles = in times of need.

* enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.

* en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.

* hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.

* hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* pregunta difícil = poser.

* pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.

* problema difícil = poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* situación difícil = hardship.

* tarea difícil = hard task.

* tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.

* tenerlo difícil = not be easy.

* tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

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difícil

adjective

A

1 [ SER] ‹problema/tema/situación› difficult

el examen fue muy difícil the exam was very hard o difficult

es un problema difícil it's a tricky o difficult problem

corren tiempos difíciles para nuestra economía this is a difficult time for our economy

con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil you're not making it any easier for me o you're making it harder for me by being like that

no creo que gane, lo tiene muy difícil I don't think she'll win, she's in a difficult position

me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

cada vez se hace más difícil encontrar un buen empleo it is becoming more and more difficult o it's becoming harder and harder to get a good job

difícil DE + INF difficult o hard to + INF

mi madre es muy difícil de complacer my mother is very hard o difficult to please

2 [ ESTAR] ( fam):

está la cosa difícil things are pretty difficult o tricky ( colloq)

B [ SER]

(poco probable): es posible pero lo veo difícil it's possible, but I think it's unlikely o I don't think it's very likely

difícil QUE + SUBJ:

va a ser muy difícil que acepte it's very unlikely that he'll accept

veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win, I think it's unlikely that she'll win

C [ SER] ‹persona/carácter› difficult

un niño difícil a difficult child

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difícil adjetivo
1
a) ‹problema/situación› difficult;

‹ examen› hard, difficult;
◊ me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him;

es difícil de hacer/entender it's difficult o hard to do/understand
b) ‹persona/carácter› difficult

2 ( poco probable) unlikely;
◊ va a ser difícil que acepte it's unlikely that he'll accept;

veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win
difícil adjetivo
1 (que cuesta trabajo o esfuerzo intelectual) difficult, hard
difícil de explicar, difficult to explain
difícil de soportar, hard to bear
2 (improbable) unlikely: es difícil que suceda, it is unlikely that that will happen
3 (una persona) difficult
' difícil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amarre
- cañón
- compaginación
- concienciarse
- delicada
- delicado
- despreocuparse
- disyuntiva
- engorrosa
- engorroso
- escabrosa
- escabroso
- escala
- espinosa
- espinoso
- estrechamiento
- gustar
- harta
- harto
- hueso
- impronunciable
- insensible
- judicatura
- lance
- mas
- onerosa
- oneroso
- papelón
- respirar
- sí
- tocha
- tocho
- viabilidad
- arrecho
- caprichoso
- contentar
- costar
- creer
- duro
- epopeya
- especial
- esperar
- esquivo
- fregado
- hacer
- ingrato
- jodido
- malabarismo
- mancha
- manchar
English:
arduous
- around
- awkward
- beating
- choose
- climb
- concentrate
- cumbersome
- desperately
- difficult
- distance
- dodgy
- elusive
- embark
- folly
- for
- gap
- grammar
- hard
- hard-won
- housekeeper
- immensely
- injustice
- lean
- mess
- problematic
- problematical
- realize
- replacement
- ruggedness
- scramble
- shake off
- situation
- so
- sticky
- stiff
- surely
- think ahead
- to
- tough
- tricky
- trying
- agonizing
- deep
- demanding
- going
- increasingly
- keep
- likely
- plight

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difícil adj

1. [complicado] difficult;

va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horas it's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time;

son tiempos difíciles these are difficult times;

pasaron por una situación difícil they went through a difficult period;

no es difícil imaginar lo que pasó it's not difficult o hard to imagine what happened;

es una pregunta difícil de responder it's a difficult question to answer;

hacerse difícil: se hace difícil entender por qué lo hizo it's difficult to understand why she did it;

se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugar I can't get used to getting up early;

ponérselo difícil a alguien to make things difficult for sb;

no me lo pongas difícil don't make things difficult o hard for me;

serle difícil a alguien: le va a ser muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's going to be very difficult for him to find a job, he's going to find it very difficult to get a job;

tener difícil algo: tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's very difficult o hard for him to find work

2. [improbable] unlikely;

puede ser, aunque me parece difícil maybe, but I think it's unlikely;

es difícil que ganen they're unlikely to win;

no es difícil que ocurra it could easily happen

3. [rebelde] difficult, awkward;

es un niño muy difícil he's a very awkward o difficult child;

tener un carácter difícil to be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with

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difícil

adj

1 difficult;

ponerlo difícil a alguien make it difficult for s.o.;

difícil de decir hard o difficult to say

2 ( poco probable)

:

es difícil que venga he’s unlikely to come, it’s unlikely that he’ll come

* * *

difícil adj

: difficult, hard

* * *

difícil adj

1. (en general) difficult

una asignatura difícil a difficult subject

2. (improbable) unlikely [comp. unlikelier; superl. unlikeliest]

es difícil que se casen they're unlikely to get married

Spanish-English dictionary > difícil
20 kontinu|um

n (G pl kontinuów) 1. książk. continuum
- jego kariera to kontinuum wielkich sukcesów przen. his career has been an unbroken succession of major successes

- wyciąg z konta a bank statement

- otworzyć konto to open an account

- zamknąć konto to close one’s account

- mieć/założyć konto w banku to have/open a bank account

- ma tysiąc złotych na koncie he has a thousand zlotys in his account

- przelać gotówkę na konto to transfer money to an account

- wpłacić pieniądze na konto to pay money into an account, to make a deposit

- podjąć pieniądze z konta to withdraw money from an account, to make a withdrawal

- sprawdzić stan konta to check the balance of one’s account

- zrobić debet na koncie to overdraw one’s account, to be overdrawn
2. Ekon., Księg. account
- transakcje księgowane na kontach transactions booked to the accounts

- konto zbiorowe a general account

■ zapisać coś na (swoim) koncie to chalk up sth, to rack up sth US

- zapisać na swoim koncie kolejny medal/sukces to chalk up another medal/victory

- mieć coś na (swoim) koncie to have sth on one’s scorecard a. track record; to have sth to one’s credit [zasługi]; to have sth under one’s belt [doświadczenie, praktykę]

- mieć na swoim koncie wiele sukcesów/kilka rozwodów to have many successes/several divorces on one’s scorecard

- mieć na swoim koncie kilka bestsellerów/liczne nagrody to have several best-sellers/numerous awards to one’s credit

- mieć na swoim koncie kilka lat zatrudnienia na kierowniczych stanowiskach to have several years’ experience in management positions under one’s belt

- napijemy się czegoś na to konto? shall we have a drink to celebrate?, shall we use it as an excuse to have a drink? zapisać coś na czyjeś konto to give sb the credit for sth

- moje zasługi zapisano na jego konto he got the credit for my efforts

- zapisać a. złożyć coś na konto czegoś to put a. set sth down to sth; to chalk sth up to sth pot.

- złożono to na konto zdenerwowania/braku doświadczenia they/we put it down to nerves/inexperience

- kontrintuicyjny counter-intuitive

- kontrakcja countermove

- kontragitacja counter-campaigning

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