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warble

  • 1 pájaro canoro

    • warble
    • warbling

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pájaro canoro

  • 2 gorgorito

    m.
    warble.
    * * *
    1 trill
    * * *
    SM trill, warble

    hacer gorgoritos — to trill, warble

    * * *
    masculino trill
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.
    Ex. This little yellow bird sings but its warble has a plaintive sound.
    Ex. I then heard a twitter of distress immediately above me, and, looking up, was delighted to see the female perched on a twig above me.
    * * *
    masculino trill
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.

    Ex: This little yellow bird sings but its warble has a plaintive sound.

    Ex: I then heard a twitter of distress immediately above me, and, looking up, was delighted to see the female perched on a twig above me.

    * * *
    trill
    cantar haciendo gorgoritos to trill o warble
    * * *

    gorgorito sustantivo masculino
    trill
    gorgorito sustantivo masculino trill, warble: le gustaba mucho canturrear y a veces hasta lanzaba gorgoritos, she liked to sing to herself and sometimes even started warbling
    * * *
    warble;
    Fam
    hacer gorgoritos [cantar] to warble
    * * *
    m trill, warble

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorgorito

  • 3 trinar

    v.
    1 to chirp, to warble.
    2 to trill, to chirp, to twitter, to warble.
    * * *
    1 (ave) to warble, trill
    2 MÚSICA to trill
    3 familiar (enfadarse) to rage, fume
    * * *
    VI
    1) (Orn) to sing, warble, trill; (Mús) to trill
    2) * (=enfadarse) to fume, be angry; Cono Sur (=gritar) to shout
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo pájaro to sing

    estar que trina — (fam) to be seething (colloq)

    * * *
    = warble, twitter.
    Ex. The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while.
    Ex. We passed by a cherry tree already in full blossom, though it was only March, and noticed the sound of skylarks twittering above our heads.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo pájaro to sing

    estar que trina — (fam) to be seething (colloq)

    * * *
    = warble, twitter.

    Ex: The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while.

    Ex: We passed by a cherry tree already in full blossom, though it was only March, and noticed the sound of skylarks twittering above our heads.

    * * *
    trinar [A1 ]
    vi
    «pájaro» to trill, warble
    estar que trina ( fam); to be hopping mad o seething ( colloq)
    * * *

    trinar ( conjugate trinar) verbo intransitivo [ pájaro] to sing
    trinar verbo intransitivo
    1 (un pájaro) to warble, sing
    2 familiar to rage, fume: el jefe está que trina, the boss is fuming
    ' trinar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chatter
    - warble
    * * *
    trinar vi
    to chirp, to warble;
    Fam
    está que trina he's fuming
    * * *
    v/i trill, warble;
    está que trina fig fam he’s fuming fam, he’s hopping mad fam
    * * *
    trinar vi
    1) : to thrill
    2) : to warble

    Spanish-English dictionary > trinar

  • 4 trino

    adj.
    trine, triune.
    m.
    1 chirp.
    2 trill, roulade.
    3 warble, chirping sound.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: trinar.
    * * *
    1 trine
    2 RELIGIÓN triune
    ————————
    1 (ave) warble, trill
    2 MÚSICA trill
    * * *
    SM (Orn) warble, trill; (Mús) trill
    * * *
    a) ( de pájaro) trill
    b) (Mús) trill
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.
    Ex. This little yellow bird sings but its warble has a plaintive sound.
    Ex. I then heard a twitter of distress immediately above me, and, looking up, was delighted to see the female perched on a twig above me.
    ----
    * trino de los pájaros al amanecer = morning chorus, dawn chorus.
    * * *
    a) ( de pájaro) trill
    b) (Mús) trill
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.

    Ex: This little yellow bird sings but its warble has a plaintive sound.

    Ex: I then heard a twitter of distress immediately above me, and, looking up, was delighted to see the female perched on a twig above me.
    * trino de los pájaros al amanecer = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

    * * *
    2 ( Mús) trill
    * * *

    Del verbo trinar: ( conjugate trinar)

    trino es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    trinó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    trinar    
    trino
    trinar ( conjugate trinar) verbo intransitivo [ pájaro] to sing
    trino sustantivo masculino
    trill
    trinar verbo intransitivo
    1 (un pájaro) to warble, sing
    2 familiar to rage, fume: el jefe está que trina, the boss is fuming
    trino sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un pájaro) warble, trill
    2 Mús trill
    ' trino' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chatter
    - trill
    - dawn
    * * *
    trino nm
    1. [de pájaros] chirp, warble;
    se oía el trino de los pájaros you could hear the birds chirping o warbling
    2. [de notas musicales] trill
    * * *
    m trill, warble
    * * *
    trino nm
    : trill, warble

    Spanish-English dictionary > trino

  • 5 gorjear

    v.
    1 to chirp, to twitter.
    2 to chirp at.
    Me gorjea el pajarito The little bird chirps at me.
    * * *
    1 to chirp, twitter
    1 to gurgle, burble
    * * *
    1.
    VI [ave] to chirp, trill
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo pájaro to trill, warble; niño to gurgle
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.
    Ex. The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while.
    Ex. We passed by a cherry tree already in full blossom, though it was only March, and noticed the sound of skylarks twittering above our heads.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo pájaro to trill, warble; niño to gurgle
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.

    Ex: The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while.

    Ex: We passed by a cherry tree already in full blossom, though it was only March, and noticed the sound of skylarks twittering above our heads.

    * * *
    gorjear [A1 ]
    vi
    «pájaro» to trill, warble; «niño» to gurgle
    * * *

    gorjear ( conjugate gorjear) verbo intransitivo [ pájaro] to trill, warble;
    [ niño] to gurgle
    gorjear verbo intransitivo to chirp
    ' gorjear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chirp
    - twitter
    - gurgle
    - tweet
    - warble
    * * *
    1. [ave] to chirp
    2. [niño] to gurgle
    * * *
    v/i de pájaro chirp, warble; de niño gurgle
    * * *
    1) : to chirp, to tweet, to warble
    2) : to gurgle

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorjear

  • 6 tábano

    m.
    horsefly, botfly, gadfly, cleg.
    * * *
    1 horsefly
    * * *
    SM horsefly, gadfly
    * * *
    masculino horsefly
    * * *
    = horsefly, warble fly, warble.
    Ex. Horseflies are frequently important pests to both livestock and humans.
    Ex. The warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting 'nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    * * *
    masculino horsefly
    * * *
    = horsefly, warble fly, warble.

    Ex: Horseflies are frequently important pests to both livestock and humans.

    Ex: The warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting 'nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

    * * *
    horsefly
    * * *

    tábano sustantivo masculino
    horsefly
    tábano m Ent horsefly
    ' tábano' also found in these entries:
    English:
    gadfly
    - horse
    * * *
    1. [insecto] horsefly
    2. Fam [persona pesada] pain (in the neck)
    * * *
    m ZO horsefly
    * * *
    : horsefly

    Spanish-English dictionary > tábano

  • 7 gorgoritear

    v.
    to warble, to gargle, to quiver the voice.
    * * *
    VI to trill, warble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo pájaro to warble, trill; persona to trill
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo pájaro to warble, trill; persona to trill
    * * *
    vi
    «pájaro» to warble, trill; «persona» to trill
    * * *
    to warble, to trill

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorgoritear

  • 8 gorjeo

    m.
    1 chirping, twittering.
    2 chirp, cheep, chirping sound, trill.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gorjear.
    * * *
    1 (ave) chirping, twittering
    2 (bebé) gurgling
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de ave] chirping, trilling
    2) [de bebé] gurgling, burbling
    * * *
    masculino ( de pájaro) trill, warbling; ( de niño) gurgling
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.
    Ex. This little yellow bird sings but its warble has a plaintive sound.
    Ex. I then heard a twitter of distress immediately above me, and, looking up, was delighted to see the female perched on a twig above me.
    * * *
    masculino ( de pájaro) trill, warbling; ( de niño) gurgling
    * * *
    = warble, twitter.

    Ex: This little yellow bird sings but its warble has a plaintive sound.

    Ex: I then heard a twitter of distress immediately above me, and, looking up, was delighted to see the female perched on a twig above me.

    * * *
    (de un pájaro) trill, warbling; (de un niño) gurgling
    * * *

    Del verbo gorjear: ( conjugate gorjear)

    gorjeo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    gorjeó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    gorjear    
    gorjeo
    gorjear ( conjugate gorjear) verbo intransitivo [ pájaro] to trill, warble;
    [ niño] to gurgle
    gorjear verbo intransitivo to chirp
    gorjeo sustantivo masculino chirping
    ' gorjeo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    twitter
    - gurgle
    * * *
    gorjeo nm
    1. [de ave] chirping
    2. [de niño] gurgling
    * * *
    m de pájaro chirping, warbling; de niño gurgling
    * * *
    gorjeo nm
    1) : chirping, warbling
    2) : gurgling

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorjeo

  • 9 moscardón

    m.
    botfly, warble fly, gadfly.
    * * *
    1 blowfly
    2 (persona) pest
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=moscarda) bluebottle, blowfly; (=abejón) hornet
    2) * (=persona molesta) pest, nuisance
    * * *
    a) (Zool) botfly
    b) (fam) ( charlatán) chatterbox (colloq)
    * * *
    = botfly.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting 'nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) botfly
    b) (fam) ( charlatán) chatterbox (colloq)
    * * *

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

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) botfly
    2 ( fam) (charlatán) chatterbox ( colloq)
    * * *

    moscardón sustantivo masculino
    botfly
    ' moscardón' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bluebottle
    * * *
    1. [insecto] blowfly
    2. Fam [persona] pest, creep
    * * *
    m hornet

    Spanish-English dictionary > moscardón

  • 10 gargantear

    v.
    1 to quaver, to warble.
    2 to trill, to warble.
    * * *
    VI to warble, quaver, trill
    * * *
    gargantear [A1 ]
    vi
    ( Per fam) to scrounge ( colloq), to freeload ( colloq), to sponge ( BrE colloq)

    Spanish-English dictionary > gargantear

  • 11 chalado

    adj.
    crazy, mad, batty, insane.
    f. & m.
    crackpot, basket case, crank, cuckoo.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chalar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chalar chalar
    1 (loco) mad, crazy, nuts
    \
    estar chalado,-a por algo/alguien to be mad about something/somebody, be crazy about something/somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chalada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    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. 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. 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.
    ----
    * chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

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

    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    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: 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: 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.
    * chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chalado1 -da
    ( fam) [ ESTAR] crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq)
    está chalado, no le hagas ni caso he's nuts o crazy, don't take any notice of him ( colloq)
    ¿qué te pasa? estás chalado, tío what's the matter with you? you're out of your mind o you're crazy o you're nuts
    chalado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chalar: ( conjugate chalar)

    chalado es:

    el participio

    chalado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    nutter (colloq)
    chalado,-a adjetivo familiar crazy, nuts

    ' chalado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chalada
    English:
    crazy
    - daft
    * * *
    chalado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    estar chalado por algo/alguien to be crazy about sth/sb
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about)
    * * *
    chalado, -da adj, fam : crazy, nuts
    chalado, -da n
    : nut, crazy person
    * * *
    chalado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chalado

  • 12 chiflado

    adj.
    nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.
    f. & m.
    nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chiflar chiflar
    1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar nut, loony, headcase
    \
    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 *

    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
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)
    ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)
    estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)
    está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)
    chiflado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

    chiflado es:

    el participio

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

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

    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
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about), nuts fam
    ( por about)
    II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam
    * * *
    chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy
    chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic
    * * *
    chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado

  • 13 como parásito

    Ex. The warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle.
    * * *

    Ex: The warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle.

    Spanish-English dictionary > como parásito

  • 14 en forma de parásito

    Ex. The warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle.
    * * *

    Ex: The warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en forma de parásito

  • 15 garganteo

    m.
    quavering, a tremulous modulation of the voice.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gargantear.
    * * *
    SM warble, quaver, trill

    Spanish-English dictionary > garganteo

  • 16 gorgorizar

    VI to trill, warble

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorgorizar

  • 17 trinado

    m.
    1 trill, shake, quiver, tremulous sound.
    2 twittering of birds.
    * * *
    SM (Orn) song, warble; (Mús) trill

    Spanish-English dictionary > trinado

  • 18 gorgorear

    gorgorear [A1 ]
    vi
    ( Chi)
    1 (al reírse, cantar) to warble; (hacer gárgaras) to gargle
    2 «líquido» to gurgle

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorgorear

  • 19 arandillo

    • marsh warble
    • marsh warbler

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > arandillo

  • 20 curruca

    • hedge priest
    • hedge the question
    • sedge warbler
    • warble
    • warbling
    • whitethroat

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > curruca

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