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1 work addict

subst. \/ˈwɜːkˌædɪkt \/

( hverdagslig) arbeidsnarkoman

English-Norwegian dictionary > work addict
2 addict

'ædikt
noun

(a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs: a drug addict; a television addict.) rusavhengig person, særlig narkoman

- addicted
- addiction

avhengig

I
subst. \/ˈædɪkt\/

slave av (narkotika e.l.), misbruker

drug\/dope addict narkoman, stoffmisbruker

morphia addict morfinist

(a) theatre addict teatergal person, person med teaterdilla

work addict arbeidsnarkoman
II
verb \/əˈdɪkt\/

bare i uttrykk

addict oneself to overgi seg selv til, vie seg til, hengi seg (til), slå seg på

be addicted to ( narkotika e.l.) være henfallen til, misbruke

English-Norwegian dictionary > addict
3 addict

1. сущ.
псих. зависимый*, заядлый любитель, "-ман" (человек, имеющий зависимость от чего-л., напр., от курения, алкоголя, работы и т. д.)

coffee addict — человек, который не может жить без кофе

football addict — заядлый футбольный болельщик

drug addict — наркоман

See:

workaholic, workaholic, centrality of work
2. гл.
1) общ. увлекаться, предаваться (чему-л.)

to addict oneself to smth. — пристраститься к чему-л.

See:

addiction

2) общ. посвящать (себя, все мысли чему-л.)

to addict one's mind to business — думать только о деле

Англо-русский экономический словарь > addict
4 arbejdsnarkoman

work addict, workaholic.

Danish-English dictionary > arbejdsnarkoman
5 arbeidsnarkoman

subst. workaholic, work addict

Norsk-engelsk ordbok > arbeidsnarkoman
6 ahí

adv.

there.

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ahí

► adverbio

1 there, in that place

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de ahí que hence, therefore

por ahí (lugar) round there 2 (aproximadamente) more or less

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adv.

there

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ADV

1) [en un lugar] there

ponlo ahí — put it there

ahí está Antonio — there's Antonio

ahí llega el pelotón — here comes the pack

esa de ahí es mi madre — that woman over there is my mother

¿Nina, estás ahí? — Nina, are you there?

de un salto puedo llegar hasta ahí enfrente — I can get over there in one jump

• ahí abajo — down there

• ahí arriba — up there

• ahí dentro — in there, inside

• ahí fuera — out there, outside

• ahí mero Méx —

• ahí mismo — right there

vivo ahí mismo — I live right there

• ahí no más — LAm right (near) here

• por ahí — [indicando dirección] that way; [indicando posición] over there

entra por ahí — go in that way

busca por ahí — look over there

las tijeras deben de estar por ahí — the scissors must be around somewhere

hoy podemos ir a cenar por ahí — we can go out for dinner tonight, we can eat out tonight

¿no dicen por ahí que vivimos en un país libre? — don't they say we live in a free country?

lleva muchos años viviendo por ahí fuera — he has been living abroad for many years

debe de tener unos cincuenta años o por ahí — she must be about fifty or so

por ahí se le ocurre llamar — Cono Sur he might think to phone

• ahí tiene — there you are

ahí tiene sus libros — there are your books

• ¡ahí va!, ahí va el balón, ¡cógelo! — there goes the ball, catch it!

¡ahí va, qué bonito! — wow, it's lovely!

¡ahí va, no me había dado cuenta de que eras tú! — well well! I didn't realise it was you

- ahí donde lo ves

ahí donde lo ves, come más que tú y yo juntos — believe it or not he eats more than you and me put together

2) [en una situación]

la injusticia no acaba ahí — the injustice doesn't end there

ahí está la clave de todo — that's the key to everything

¡ahí está el problema! — that's the problem!

ahí está, por ejemplo, el caso de Luis — there's the case of Luis, for example

ahí estaba yo, con casi cincuenta años, y todavía soltero — there was I, about to turn fifty, and still a bachelor

-¿está mejor tu mujer? -ahí anda o LAm ahí va — "is your wife better?" - "she's doing all right"

¡hombre, haber empezado por ahí! — why didn't you say so before!

• de ahí — that's why

de ahí las quejas de los inquilinos — that's why the tenants are complaining, hence the tenants' complaints frm

de ahí que me sintiera un poco decepcionado — that's why I felt a bit let down

de ahí se deduce que... — from that it follows that...

• hasta ahí, hasta ahí llego yo — I can work that much out for myself

bueno, hasta ahí de acuerdo — well, I agree with you up to there o that point

¡hasta ahí podíamos llegar! — what a nerve!, that's the limit!, can you credit it!

• he ahí el dilema — that's the dilemma, there you have the dilemma

• ahí sí que LAm —

si hubiéramos ido más rápido, ahí sí que nos matamos — if we'd gone any faster, we'd definitely have been killed

ahí sí que me pillaste — you've really got me there

- ¡ahí es nada!

- ahí está el meollo o el quid de la cuestión

- hasta por ahí no más

3) [en el tiempo]

• ahí mismo LAm —

• ahí no más — Chile there and then

• a partir de ahí — from then on

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adverbio

1)

a) ( en el espacio) there

ahí está/viene — there he is/here he comes

ahí arriba/abajo — up/down there

ahí mismo or (AmL) nomás o (Méx) mero — right o just there

b) (en locs)

por ahí — somewhere

debe estar como a 200 pesetas - sí, por ahí anda — it must be about 200 pesetas - yes, that's about right

tendrá unos 35 años o por ahí — he must be 35 or thereabouts

ahí sí que — (AmL)

ahí sí que me pillaste — you've really got me there! (colloq)

de ahí a que: de ahí a que venga es otra cosa — whether or not he actually comes is another matter

2)

a) ( refiriéndose a un lugar figurado)

ahí está el truco — that's the secret

de ahí a la drogadicción sólo hay un paso — from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict

de ahí a decir que es excelente hay un buen trecho — there's a big difference between that and saying it's excellent

hasta ahí llego yo — that's as far as I'm prepared to go

b)

de ahí — hence

de ahí que — (+ subj)

de ahí que hayan fracasado — that is why they failed

3) ( en el tiempo) then

de ahí en adelante — from then on

ahí es cuando... — that's when...

ahí mismo — there and then

4) (AmL) ( más o menos)

¿cómo sigue tu abuelo? - ahí anda — how's your grandfather getting on? - oh, so-so

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= therein.

Ex. The ASLIB handbook of special library and information work discusses literature searching techniques and the role of literature guides therein.

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* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* en algún lugar (de por ahí) = somewhere out there.

* ir por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.

* no quedarse ahí = there + be + more to it than that.

* por ahí = out there.

* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.

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adverbio

1)

a) ( en el espacio) there

ahí está/viene — there he is/here he comes

ahí arriba/abajo — up/down there

ahí mismo or (AmL) nomás o (Méx) mero — right o just there

b) (en locs)

por ahí — somewhere

debe estar como a 200 pesetas - sí, por ahí anda — it must be about 200 pesetas - yes, that's about right

tendrá unos 35 años o por ahí — he must be 35 or thereabouts

ahí sí que — (AmL)

ahí sí que me pillaste — you've really got me there! (colloq)

de ahí a que: de ahí a que venga es otra cosa — whether or not he actually comes is another matter

2)

a) ( refiriéndose a un lugar figurado)

ahí está el truco — that's the secret

de ahí a la drogadicción sólo hay un paso — from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict

de ahí a decir que es excelente hay un buen trecho — there's a big difference between that and saying it's excellent

hasta ahí llego yo — that's as far as I'm prepared to go

b)

de ahí — hence

de ahí que — (+ subj)

de ahí que hayan fracasado — that is why they failed

3) ( en el tiempo) then

de ahí en adelante — from then on

ahí es cuando... — that's when...

ahí mismo — there and then

4) (AmL) ( más o menos)

¿cómo sigue tu abuelo? - ahí anda — how's your grandfather getting on? - oh, so-so

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= therein.

Ex: The ASLIB handbook of special library and information work discusses literature searching techniques and the role of literature guides therein.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* en algún lugar (de por ahí) = somewhere out there.

* ir por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.

* no quedarse ahí = there + be + more to it than that.

* por ahí = out there.

* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.

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ahí

adverb

A

1 (en el espacio) there

¿qué tienes ahí? what have you got there?

¿y Juan? — ahí está/viene where's Juan? — there he is/here he comes now

ahí arriba/abajo up/down there

¡bájate de ahí! get down from there!

no, ahí no, allí no, not there, (over) there

está ahí nomás or no más, a la vuelta ( AmL); it's only just around the corner

lo dejé ahí mismo or ( Méx) ahí mero I left it right o just there

para egoísta ahí tienes a tu primo if we're talking about selfishness you need look no further than your cousin

2 ( en locs):

por ahí somewhere

he debido dejarlo por ahí I must have left it somewhere

siempre anda por ahí she's always out somewhere

por ahí hay quien dice que … there are those who say that …

debe estar como a 2 euros — sí, por ahí anda it must be about 2 euros — yes, that's about right o yes, round about that

tendrá unos 35 años o por ahí he must be 35 or so, he must be around 35

por ahí se le da por venir ( RPl); he may decide to come

ahí sí que ( AmL): ahí sí que me cogiste or ( RPl) agarraste or ( Chi) pillaste you've really got me there! ( colloq)

ahí me/se las den todas ( fam); I/he couldn't care less o couldn't give a damn ( colloq)

no estar ni ahí ( Chi fam): no estoy ni ahí (no me importa) I couldn't care less ( colloq) (no me interesa) it leaves me cold ( colloq)

nada¹ pron A. (↑ nada (1))

B

1

(refiriéndose a un lugar figurado): ahí está el truco that's the secret, that's where the secret lies

de ahí a la drogadicción sólo hay un paso from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict

de ahí a decir que es excelente hay un buen trecho there's a big difference between that and saying it's excellent

hasta ahí llego yo (al resolver un problema) I worked that much out myself; (al negarse a hacer algo) that's as far as I'm prepared to go

hasta por ahí no más (CS): mi paciencia llega hasta por ahí no más there's a limit to my patience, my patience only goes so far

es generoso hasta por ahí no más he's only generous up to a point

2

de ahí hence

de ahí la importancia de esta reunión hence the importance of this meeting

de ahí que (+ subj) that is why

de ahí que haya perdido popularidad that is why her popularity has declined

C (en el tiempo) then

de ahí en adelante from then on, from that time o point on

ahí es cuando debió decírselo, no después that's when he should have told her, not later

ahí cambié de táctica then o at that point I changed my tactics

ahí mismo there and then

D

( AmL) (más o menos): ¿cómo sigue tu abuelo? — ahí anda how's your grandfather getting on? — oh, so-so

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ahí adverbio
1
a) ( en el espacio) there;

◊ ahí está/viene there he is/here he comes;

ahí arriba/abajo up/down there;
ahí mismo or (AmL) nomás or (Méx) mero right o just there
b)

◊ por ahí somewhere;

debe estar por ahí it must be around somewhere;
fue a dar una vuelta por ahí she went off for a walk;
se fue por ahí she went that way;
yo he estado por ahí I've been around there;
tendrá unos 35 años o por ahí he must be 35 or thereabouts
2
a) ( refiriéndose a un lugar figurado):

◊ ahí está el truco/problema that's the secret/problem;

de ahí a la drogadicción solo hay un paso from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict;
hasta ahí llego yo that's as far as I'm prepared to go
b)

◊ de ahí hence;

de ahí mi sorpresa hence my surprise;
de ahí que hayan fracasado that is why they failed;
de ahí a que venga es otra cosa whether or not he actually comes is another matter
3 ( en el tiempo) then;
◊ de ahí en adelante from then on;

ahí mismo there and then
ahí adverbio there: está ahí, it's there
ponlo por ahí, put it over there
ahí tienes, here you are
tiene cincuenta años o por ahí, he's fifty or thereabouts
ve por ahí, go that way
de ahí, hence
de ahí que, so
' ahí' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alguien
- anda
- andar
- apestosa
- apestoso
- arriba
- biruji
- crisma
- detrás
- ir
- hostia
- lado
- le
- los
- mañana
- media
- medio
- pregonar
- quienquiera
- quitarse
- Tiro
- yo
- agarrar
- apartar
- bien
- brazo
- colgar
- cuidar
- dentro
- izquierda
- mover
- parado
- poner
- por
- quedar
- quitar
- recordar
- salir
English:
hand up
- hence
- hustle
- leave
- loose
- mooch
- nobody
- peace
- rest
- rub
- stand about
- stand around
- stay
- there
- thereabout
- thereabouts
- tissue
- around
- d'
- flash
- go
- hand
- happen
- lucky
- out of
- reason
- swear
- way

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ahí adv

1. [lugar determinado] there;

ahí arriba/abajo up/down there;

desde ahí no se ve nada you can't see anything from there;

ponlo ahí put it over there;

vino por ahí he came that way;

¡ahí están! there they are!;

¡ahí tienes! here o there you are!;

ahí vienen los niños here o there come the children;

ahí mismo right there;

déjalo ahí mismo leave it (over) there;
Am
ahí nomás right over there

2. [lugar indeterminado]
ahí es donde te equivocas that's where you are mistaken;

la solución está ahí that's where the solution lies;

de ahí a la fama hay muy poco it's not far to go from there to being famous;

de ahí a llamarle tonto hay poca distancia there's little difference between saying that and calling him stupid;

las llaves están por ahí the keys are around there somewhere;

está por ahí [en lugar indeterminado] she's around (somewhere);
[en la calle] she's out;
se ha ido a pasear por ahí she's gone out for a walk;
Fam
andar por ahí con los amigos to hang out with one's friends;

andan por ahí diciendo tonterías they're going around talking nonsense;

por ahí [aproximadamente eso] something like that;

¿te costó 10 euros? – por ahí, por ahí it cost you 10 euros, did it? – yes, somewhere around that o more or less;

por ahí va la cosa you're not too far wrong;

por ahí no paso that's one thing I'm not prepared to do;

Comp
Am
¡ahí está! (you) see!;

todavía no me contestaron – ahí está, yo te dije they still haven't answered – (you) see, I told you so;

Comp
CAm, Méx Fam
¡ahí muere! forget it!;

Comp

¡ahí es nada!: subió al Everest sin oxígeno, ¡ahí es nada! guess what, he only climbed Everest without any oxygen!;

ha vendido ya dos millones, ¡ahí es nada! she's sold two million already, not bad, eh?;
Fam
¿cómo estás? - Andes, Carib, RP [m5] ahí o CAm, Méx [m5] ahí nomás how are you? – so-so;

Comp

ahí le duele: a pesar de su éxito, la crítica sigue sin aceptarlo, ¡ahí le duele! frustratingly for him, he still hasn't achieved critical acclaim despite his success;

Comp

¡ahí me las den todas! I couldn't care less!;

Comp
Méx Fam
ahí se va (it's no) big deal;

Comp
Méx Fam
hacer algo al ahí se va to do sth any old how

3.
de ahí que [por eso] and consequently;

es un mandón, de ahí que no lo aguante nadie he's very bossy, that's why nobody likes him;

de ahí su enfado that's why she was so angry

4. [momento] then;

de ahí en adelante from then on;

ahí me di cuenta de que estaba mintiendo that was when I realized he was lying

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ahí

adv there;

ahí mismo right there;

está por ahí it’s (somewhere) over there; dando direcciones it’s that way;

irse por ahí go out;

por ahí voy that’s what I’m getting at;

ahí me las den todas fam I couldn’t o

could care less, Br

I couldn’t care less;

¡ahí va! fam there you go! fam ;

de ahí que that is why

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ahí adv

1) : there

ahí está: there it is

2)

por ahí : somewhere, thereabouts

3)

de ahí que : with the result that, so that

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ahí adv there

quédate ahí stay there

está ahí there it is

ahí mismo right there

por ahí (no lejos) over there (lugar no determinado) out

las llaves deben de estar por ahí the keys must be over there

vámonos por ahí let's go out

Spanish-English dictionary > ahí
7 straight

streit
1. adjective
1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) recto, liso

2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) honrado, de confianza, sincero, franco

3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) derecho, recto

4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) en orden, arreglado

5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) solo

6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) serio

7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) serio, dramático

2. adverb
1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) recto, directamente

2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) directamente

3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) francamente, con franqueza

3. noun
(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) recta

- straighten
- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight off

straight¹ adj

1. liso

she's got straight hair tiene el pelo liso

2. recto / derecho

a straight line una línea recta

the mirror isn't straight el espejo no está recto

3. en orden

I want everything straight before your mother comes back quiero todo en orden antes de que vuelva tu madre

straight² adv

1. recto / derecho

go straight on down this road sigue todo recto por esta calle

2. directamente

she went straight to the police se dirigió directamente a la policía

straight away enseguida / inmediatamente

straight

tr[streɪt]

adjective

1 (not curved - gen) recto,-a; (- hair) liso,-a

■ a straight road una carretera recta

■ can you walk in a straight line? ¿puedes caminar en línea recta?

2 (level, upright) derecho,-a, recto,-a

■ backs straight! ¡espalda recta!

■ is my tie straight? ¿tengo la corbata recta?

■ the picture isn't straight el cuadro no está recto

■ sit with your back straight siéntate erguido

3 (tidy, neat) en orden, arreglado,-a

■ I must get the house straight tengo que ordenar la casa

4 (honest - person) honrado,-a, de confianza; (sincere) sincero,-a, franco,-a

■ be straight with me sea sincero conmigo

■ give me a straight answer dame una respuesta clara

■ let's do some straight talking hablemos claro

5 (direct - question) directo,-a; (- refusal, rejection) categórico,-a, rotundo,-a

■ he gave me a straight "no" for an answer su respuesta fue un "no" rotundo

6 (correct, accurate) correcto,-a

■ let me get this straight a ver si lo he entendido

■ have you got your facts straight? ¿tienes la información correcta?

7 (consecutive) seguido,-a

■ he worked for five days straight trabajó cinco días seguidos

■ 31 straight wins 31 victorias consecutivas

■ she got straight A's sacó sobresaliente en todo

8 (drink) solo,-a

9 (play, actor, etc) serio,-a, dramático,-a

10 (person - conventional) convencional; (- heterosexual) heterosexual; (non-drug user) que no toma droga

11 familiar (not in debt) solvente

adverb

1 (in a straight line) recto,-a

■ he was staring straight ahead miraba al frente

■ go straight on sigue todo recto

■ it's straight in front of you está delante de tus narices

■ he can't shoot straight no es un tirador certero

2 (not in a curve) derecho,-a, recto,-a

■ sit up straight ponte derecho

3 (directly) directamente

■ he went straight to the fridge se fue directamente a la nevera

■ come straight home vuelve directamente a casa

■ she went straight from school to university pasó directamente del instituto a la universidad

■ go straight to bed vete directamente a la cama

■ the car was coming straight at me el coche venía directo hacia mí

4 (immediately) en seguida

■ straight after lunch inmediatamente después de comer

■ I'll come straight back volveré en seguida

5 (frankly) francamente, con franqueza

■ tell him straight (out) díselo sin rodeos

■ get straight to the point ve al grano

6 (clearly) claro, con claridad

■ I can't think straight no puedo pensar bien

noun

1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (in race) recta

■ he sped down the final straight bajó la recta final a gran velocidad

2 (in cards) escalera

3 familiar (conventional person) carca nombre masulino o femenino; (heterosexual) heterosexual nombre masulino o femenino; (non-drug user) persona que no se droga

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

as straight as an arrow/die (line, direction) derecho,-a como una vela 2 (person) honrado,-a

the straight and narrow el buen camino

straight from the shoulder sin rodeos

straight away en seguida

straight off sin pensarlo, en el acto

straight up en serio

to go straight (criminal) reformarse

to keep a straight face contener la risa

to play straight (with somebody) jugar limpio (con alguien)

to put/set the record straight dejar las cosas claras, aclarar las cosas, poner las cosas en su lugar

to put/set somebody straight (about something) explicar los hechos a alguien

to vote a/the straight ticket SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL votar a candidatos del mismo partido para todos los cargos

straight choice alternativa clara

straight fight mano a mano nombre masculino

straight profit beneficio limpio

straight swap cambio directo

straight ['streɪt] adv

1) : derecho, directamente

go straight, then turn right: sigue derecho, luego gira a la derecha

2) honestly: honestamente

to go straight: enmendarse

3) clearly: con claridad

4) frankly: francamente, con franqueza

straight adj

1) : recto (dícese de las líneas, etc.), derecho (dícese de algo vertical), lacio (dícese del pelo)

2) honest, just: honesto, justo

3) neat, orderly: arreglado, ordenado

straight

adj.

• derecho, -a adj.

• directo, -a adj.

• engallado, -a adj.

• enhiesto, -a adj.

• erguido, -a adj.

• franco, -a adj.

• liso, -a adj.

• recto, -a adj.

• seguido, -a adj.

• serio, -a adj.

adv.

• derechamente adv.

• derecho adv.

• directamente adv.

• recto adv.

straight* (Sexuality)

n.

• buga* s.m.

I streɪt
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( not curved or wavy) recto; < hair> lacio, liso

to walk in a straight line — caminar en línea recta

keep your knees straight — no dobles las rodillas

he walks with a straight back — camina muy erguido

b) (level, upright, vertical) (pred)

to be straight — estar* derecho

is my tie straight? — ¿tengo la corbata derecha or bien puesta?

your tie isn't straight — llevas or tienes la corbata torcida

2) ( in order) (pred)

is my hair straight? — ¿tengo bien el pelo?

I have to get o put my room straight — tengo que ordenar mi cuarto

if I pay for the coffees, we'll be straight — si pago los cafés quedamos or estamos en paz or (CS) a mano

to get something straight: let's get this straight a ver si nos entendemos; you have to make sure you've got your facts straight tienes que asegurarte de que la información que tienes es correcta; to set the record straight dejar las cosas en claro; to put o set somebody straight about something — aclararle algo a alguien

3)

a) (direct, clear) <denial/refusal> rotundo, categórico

it's a straight choice between buying a car or going on holiday — la alternativa es clara: o se compra un coche o se va de vacaciones

I made $20,000 straight profit — saqué 20.000 dólares limpios de beneficio

she got straight A's — ≈sacó sobresaliente en todo

b) ( unmixed) <gin/vodka> solo

4) (honest, frank) < question> directo; < answer> claro

all I want is a straight yes or no — lo único que quiero es que me digas que sí o que no, sin más

I've been absolutely straight with you about the whole business — no te he ocultado nada del asunto

5) ( successive)

he won in straight sets — ( Sport) ganó sin conceder or sin perder ningún set

she's had five straight wins — ha ganado cinco veces seguidas

this is the fifth straight day it's happened — (AmE) éste es el quinto día seguido que pasa

6)

a) ( serious) <play/actor> dramático, serio

b) ( conventional) (colloq) convencional

c) ( heterosexual) (colloq) heterosexual

II

adverb

1)

a) ( in a straight line) < walk> en línea recta

they live straight across from us — viven justo enfrente de nosotros

she looked straight ahead — miró al frente

the truck was coming straight at me — el camión venía derecho or justo hacia mí

I aimed straight for his heart — le apunté justo al corazón

he made straight for the bar — se fue derecho al bar

look me straight in the eye — mírame a la cara

keep straight on until you come to the lights — sigue derecho hasta llegar al semáforo

the bullet went straight through his arm — la bala le atravesó el brazo

b) ( erect) <sit/stand> derecho

sit up straight — ponte derecho

2)

a) ( directly) directamente

I came straight home from work — vine directamente or derecho a casa después del trabajo

she drank it straight from the bottle — se lo bebió directamente de la botella

I joined the army straight from school — me alisté en el ejército en cuanto terminé el colegio

b) ( immediately)

straight after dinner — inmediatamente después de cenar, en cuanto terminé de cenar

I'll bring it straight back — enseguida lo devuelvo

she said straight off she wasn't paying — (colloq) dijo de entrada que ella no pagaba

I'll come straight to the point — iré derecho or directamente al grano

straight away — straightaway

3) (colloq)

a) ( frankly) con franqueza

she told him straight out — se lo dijo sin rodeos

b) ( honestly)

are you playing straight with me? — ¿estás jugando limpio conmigo?

to go straight: he swore he'd go straight — prometió que se reformaría

4) ( clearly) <see/think> con claridad

I can't think straight — no puedo pensar claro or con claridad

5) ( Theat) < play> de manera clásica

III

noun ( on race track)

the straight — la recta

[streɪt]
1. ADJ
(compar straighter) (superl straightest)
1) (=not bent or curved) [line, road, nose, skirt] recto; [trousers] de perneras estrechas, de pata estrecha *; [hair] lacio, liso; [shoulders] erguido, recto

he couldn't even walk in a straight line — ni siquiera podía caminar en línea recta

she was keeping the boat on a straight course — mantenía el barco navegando en línea recta

to have a straight back — tener la espalda erguida or recta

• I couldn't keep a straight face, I couldn't keep my face straight — no podía mantener la cara seria

she said it with a completely straight face — lo dijo con la cara totalmente seria

2) (=not askew) [picture, rug, hat, hem] derecho

the picture isn't straight — el cuadro está torcido or (LAm) chueco

your tie isn't straight — tienes la corbata torcida, tu corbata no está bien

• to put or set straight — [+ picture, hat, tie, rug] poner derecho

3) (=honest, direct) [answer] franco, directo; [question] directo; [refusal, denial] categórico, rotundo

• all I want is a straight answer to a straight question — lo único que pido es que respondas con franqueza a una pregunta directa

• it's time for some straight talking — es hora de hablar con franqueza or claramente

• to be straight with sb — ser franco con algn, hablar a algn con toda franqueza

- as straight as a die

4) (=unambiguous) claro

is that straight? — ¿está claro?

• to get sth straight, let's get that straight right from the start — vamos a dejar eso claro desde el principio

there are a couple of things we'd better get straight — hay un par de cosas que debemos dejar claras

have you got that straight? — ¿lo has entendido?, ¿está claro?

he had to get things straight in his mind — tenía que aclararse las ideas

he hasn't got his facts straight — no tiene la información correcta

• to put or set sth straight — aclarar algo

to put or set things or matters straight — aclarar las cosas

to put or set the record straight — aclarar las cosas

he soon put or set me straight — enseguida me aclaró las cosas

5) (=tidy, in order) [house, room] arreglado, ordenado; [books, affairs, accounts] en orden

I like to keep my house straight — me gusta tener la casa arreglada or ordenada

the paperwork still isn't straight — los papeles no están todavía en orden

• to get or put sth straight — arreglar algo

6) (=clear-cut, simple) [choice, swap] simple

her latest novel is straight autobiography — su última novela es una simple autobiografía

we made £50 straight profit on the deal — sacamos 50 libras limpias del negocio

a straight cash offer — una oferta de dinero en mano

7) (=consecutive) [victories, defeats, games] consecutivo

this is the fifth straight year that she has won — este es el quinto año consecutivo en el que ha ganado

• to get straight As — sacar sobresaliente en todo

• a straight flush — (in poker) una escalera real

• she lost in straight sets to Pat Hay — (in tennis) perdió contra Pat Hay sin ganar ningún set

• we had ten straight wins — ganamos diez veces seguidas, tuvimos diez victorias consecutivas

8) (=neat) [whisky, vodka] solo

9) (Theat) (=not comic) [part, play, theatre, actor] dramático, serio

10) * (=conventional) [person] de cabeza cuadrada *

she's a nice person, but very straight — es maja pero tiene la cabeza demasiado cuadrada *

11) * (=not owed or owing money)

if I give you a fiver, then we'll be straight — si te doy cinco libras, estamos en paz

12) * (=heterosexual) heterosexual, hetero *

13) * (=not criminal) [person]

he's been straight for two years — ha llevado una vida honrada durante dos años

14) ** (=not using drugs)

I've been straight for 13 years — hace 13 años que dejé las drogas, llevo 13 años desenganchado de las drogas

2. ADV

1) (=in a straight line) [walk, shoot, fly] en línea recta; [grow] recto

they can't even shoot straight — ni siquiera saben disparar en línea recta

he was sitting up very straight — estaba sentado muy derecho or erguido

stand up straight! — ¡ponte derecho or erguido!

• straight above us — directamente encima de nosotros

• it's straight across the road from us — está justo al otro lado de la calle

• to go straight ahead — ir todo recto, ir todo derecho

to look straight ahead — mirar al frente, mirar hacia adelante

straight ahead of us — justo en frente de nosotros

• to look straight at sb — mirar derecho hacia algn

he came straight at me — vino derecho hacia mí

• to hold o.s. straight — mantenerse derecho

• to look sb straight in the eye — mirar directamente a los ojos de algn

to look sb straight in the face — mirar a algn directamente a la cara

• to go straight on — ir todo recto, ir todo derecho

• the bullet went straight through his chest — la bala le atravesó limpiamente el pecho

• I saw a car coming straight towards me — vi un coche que venía derecho hacia mi

• to look straight up — mirar hacia arriba

the cork shot straight up in the air — el corcho salió disparado hacia arriba

2) (=level)

• to hang straight — [picture] estar derecho

the picture isn't hanging straight — el cuadro está torcido or (LAm) chueco

3) (=directly) directamente; (=immediately) inmediatamente

youngsters who move straight from school onto the dole queue — jóvenes que pasan directamente del colegio a la cola del paro

I went straight home/to bed — fui derecho a casa/a la cama

come straight back — vuelve directamente aquí

to come straight to the point — ir al grano

to drink straight from the bottle — beber de la botella

• straight after this — inmediatamente después de esto

• straight away — inmediatamente, en seguida, al tiro (Chile)

• straight off — (=without hesitation) sin vacilar; (=immediately) inmediatamente; (=directly) directamente, sin rodeos

she just went straight off — se marchó sin detenerse

- I heard it straight from the horse's mouth

4) (=frankly) francamente, con franqueza

just give it to me or tell me straight — dímelo francamente or con franqueza

• to tell sb sth straight out — decir algo a algn sin rodeos or directamente

• straight up — (Brit) * en serio

straight from the shoulder —

I let him have it straight from the shoulder — se lo dije sin rodeos

5) (=neat) [drink] solo

I prefer to drink whisky straight — prefiero tomar el whisky solo

6) (=clearly) [think] con claridad

he was so frightened that he couldn't think straight — tenía tanto miedo que no podía pensar con claridad

I was so drunk I couldn't see straight — estaba tan borracho que no veía

7) *

• to go straight — (=reform) [criminal] enmendarse; [drug addict] dejar de tomar drogas, desengancharse

he's been going straight for a year now — [ex-criminal] hace ahora un año que lleva una vida honrada; [ex-addict] hace un año que dejó las drogas, lleva un año desenganchado de las drogas

8) (Theat)

he played the role straight — interpretó el papel de manera clásica

9) (=consecutively)

we worked on the harvest for three days straight — hicimos la cosecha durante tres días seguidos

3. N

1) (=straight line)

• to cut sth on the straight — cortar algo derecho

- the straight and narrow

to keep to the straight and narrow — ir por buen camino

to keep sb on the straight and narrow — mantener a algn por el buen camino

to depart from the straight and narrow — apartarse del buen camino

2) (Brit) (on racecourse)

• the straight — la recta

as the cars entered the final straight Hill was in the lead — cuando los coches entraron en la recta final Hill iba a la cabeza

3) (Cards) runfla f, escalera f

4) * (=heterosexual) heterosexual mf

4.

CPD

straight angle N — ángulo m llano

straight arrow * N — (US) estrecho(-a) m / f de miras

straight man N — actor m que da pie al cómico

I was the straight man and he was the comic — yo era el actor que daba pie a sus chistes y él era el cómico

straight razor N — (US) navaja f de barbero

straight sex N — (=not homosexual) sexo m entre heterosexuales; (=conventional) relaciones fpl sexuales convencionales, sexo m sin florituras *

straight ticket N (US) (Pol) —

to vote a straight ticket — votar a candidatos del mismo partido para todos los cargos

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I [streɪt]
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( not curved or wavy) recto; < hair> lacio, liso

to walk in a straight line — caminar en línea recta

keep your knees straight — no dobles las rodillas

he walks with a straight back — camina muy erguido

b) (level, upright, vertical) (pred)

to be straight — estar* derecho

is my tie straight? — ¿tengo la corbata derecha or bien puesta?

your tie isn't straight — llevas or tienes la corbata torcida

2) ( in order) (pred)

is my hair straight? — ¿tengo bien el pelo?

I have to get o put my room straight — tengo que ordenar mi cuarto

if I pay for the coffees, we'll be straight — si pago los cafés quedamos or estamos en paz or (CS) a mano

to get something straight: let's get this straight a ver si nos entendemos; you have to make sure you've got your facts straight tienes que asegurarte de que la información que tienes es correcta; to set the record straight dejar las cosas en claro; to put o set somebody straight about something — aclararle algo a alguien

3)

a) (direct, clear) <denial/refusal> rotundo, categórico

it's a straight choice between buying a car or going on holiday — la alternativa es clara: o se compra un coche o se va de vacaciones

I made $20,000 straight profit — saqué 20.000 dólares limpios de beneficio

she got straight A's — ≈sacó sobresaliente en todo

b) ( unmixed) <gin/vodka> solo

4) (honest, frank) < question> directo; < answer> claro

all I want is a straight yes or no — lo único que quiero es que me digas que sí o que no, sin más

I've been absolutely straight with you about the whole business — no te he ocultado nada del asunto

5) ( successive)

he won in straight sets — ( Sport) ganó sin conceder or sin perder ningún set

she's had five straight wins — ha ganado cinco veces seguidas

this is the fifth straight day it's happened — (AmE) éste es el quinto día seguido que pasa

6)

a) ( serious) <play/actor> dramático, serio

b) ( conventional) (colloq) convencional

c) ( heterosexual) (colloq) heterosexual

II

adverb

1)

a) ( in a straight line) < walk> en línea recta

they live straight across from us — viven justo enfrente de nosotros

she looked straight ahead — miró al frente

the truck was coming straight at me — el camión venía derecho or justo hacia mí

I aimed straight for his heart — le apunté justo al corazón

he made straight for the bar — se fue derecho al bar

look me straight in the eye — mírame a la cara

keep straight on until you come to the lights — sigue derecho hasta llegar al semáforo

the bullet went straight through his arm — la bala le atravesó el brazo

b) ( erect) <sit/stand> derecho

sit up straight — ponte derecho

2)

a) ( directly) directamente

I came straight home from work — vine directamente or derecho a casa después del trabajo

she drank it straight from the bottle — se lo bebió directamente de la botella

I joined the army straight from school — me alisté en el ejército en cuanto terminé el colegio

b) ( immediately)

straight after dinner — inmediatamente después de cenar, en cuanto terminé de cenar

I'll bring it straight back — enseguida lo devuelvo

she said straight off she wasn't paying — (colloq) dijo de entrada que ella no pagaba

I'll come straight to the point — iré derecho or directamente al grano

straight away — straightaway

3) (colloq)

a) ( frankly) con franqueza

she told him straight out — se lo dijo sin rodeos

b) ( honestly)

are you playing straight with me? — ¿estás jugando limpio conmigo?

to go straight: he swore he'd go straight — prometió que se reformaría

4) ( clearly) <see/think> con claridad

I can't think straight — no puedo pensar claro or con claridad

5) ( Theat) < play> de manera clásica

III

noun ( on race track)

the straight — la recta

English-spanish dictionary > straight
8 malhumorado

adj.

bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.

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malhumorado

► adjetivo

1 bad-tempered

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood

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(f. - malhumorada)

adj.

ill-humored

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ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy

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- da adjetivo

a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered

b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood

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= sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.

Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.

Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.

Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.

Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.

Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.

Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.

Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.

Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.

Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.

Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.

Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.

Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

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- da adjetivo

a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered

b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood

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= sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.

Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.

Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.

Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.

Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.

Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.

Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.

Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.

Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.

Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.

Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.

Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.

Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

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malhumorado -da

adjective

1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad mood

hoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today

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Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)

malhumorado es:

el participio

malhumorado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) [SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

b) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› in a bad mood

malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
malencarada
- malencarado
- malhumorada
- colérico
- taimado
English:
crabby
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- grumpy
- ill-humoured
- ill-tempered
- mean
- moody
- morose
- peevish
- petulant
- stroppy
- bad
- sulky
- truculent

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malhumorado, -a adj

1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered

2. [enfadado] in a bad mood

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malhumorado

adj bad-tempered

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malhumorado, -da adj

: bad-tempered, cross

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malhumorado adj bad tempered [comp. worse tempered; superl. worst tempered]

Spanish-English dictionary > malhumorado
9 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

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

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

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

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

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

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

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

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

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

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

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

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

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

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

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

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

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

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

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

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

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

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

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

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

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

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

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

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

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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

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

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

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

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

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

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

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

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

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

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

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

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

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

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

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

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

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

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

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

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

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

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

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

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

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

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

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

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

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

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

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

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

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

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

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

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

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

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

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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

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

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

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

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

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

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

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

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

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

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* * *

loco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

volverse loco to go mad

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

3

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

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

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

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

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

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

B

1

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

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful

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

2 loco DE algo:

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

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

estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain

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

3

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

loco² -ca

masculine, feminine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)

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

la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination

B

loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone

C

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

* * *

loco 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

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

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

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

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

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

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

e) ( indicando gran cantidad):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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loco, -a

♦ adj

1. [demente] mad, crazy;

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

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

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

volverse loco to go mad;

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

Comp

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

Comp

¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;

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

2. [insensato] mad, crazy;

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

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

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

3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;

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

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

estar loco de amor to be madly in love;

estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;

estar loco de ira to be raging mad;

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

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

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

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

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

la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella

4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;

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

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

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

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

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

♦ nm,f

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

corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;

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

ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;

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

Comp

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

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

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

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

3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone

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loco

I adj mad, crazy;

a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;

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

loco de atar o

remate completely mad;

estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;

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

II m

1 madman;

cada loco con su tema each to his own;

hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.

2 Rpl fam

guy;

loco, ayudame help me, pal

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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

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

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

me estás volviendo loco you're driving me crazy

me vuelve loca el chocolate I'm crazy about chocolate

volverse loco to go mad

loco² n lunatic

Spanish-English dictionary > loco
10 speed

speed [spi:d] (pt & pp vi sense (a) sped [sped], intransitive verb sense (b) speeded, transitive verb sped [sped] or speeded)

1 noun

(a) (rate, pace → of car, progress, reaction, work) vitesse f;

∎ I was driving or going at a speed of 65 mph je roulais à 100 km/h;

∎ to do a speed of 100 km/h faire du 100 km/h;

∎ at (a) great or high speed à toute vitesse, à grande vitesse;

∎ at top or full speed (drive) à toute vitesse ou allure; (work) très vite, en quatrième vitesse;

∎ at the speed of light/sound à la vitesse de la lumière/du son;

∎ reading speed vitesse f de lecture;

∎ typing/shorthand speed nombre m de mots-minute en dactylo/en sténo;

∎ literary to make all speed faire diligence, se hâter;

∎ familiar to be up to speed on sth être au courant de qch^□ ;

∎ familiar to bring sb up to speed on sth mettre qn au courant de qch^□

(b) (rapid rate) vitesse f, rapidité f;

∎ the speed with which she learnt/the building was completed la vitesse à laquelle elle a appris/le bâtiment a été terminé;

∎ he replied with speed (quickly) il a répondu rapidement; (promptly) il a répondu avec promptitude;

∎ British I hate having to work at speed j'ai horreur de devoir travailler vite;

∎ British the actress delivered her lines at speed l'actrice a débité son texte à toute allure;

∎ to pick up/to lose speed prendre/perdre de la vitesse

(c) (gear → of car, bicycle) vitesse f;

∎ a 10-speed racer un vélo de course à 10 vitesses

(d) Photography (of film) rapidité f, sensibilité f; (of shutter) vitesse f; (of lens) luminosité f

(e) familiar drugs slang (amphetamines) amphets fpl, speed m

(f) Computing vitesse f;

∎ 32 speed CD-ROM drive lecteur m de CD-ROM 32 x

2 intransitive verb

(a) (go fast) aller à toute allure;

∎ we sped across the field nous avons traversé le champ à toute allure;

∎ I saw her speeding down the street je l'ai vue descendre la rue à toute allure;

∎ he sped away il est parti à toute vitesse, il a pris ses jambes à son cou;

∎ time seems to speed by le temps passe comme un éclair;

∎ the jet sped through the sky le jet traversa le ciel comme un éclair;

∎ the torpedo sped through the water la torpille se déplaçait dans l'eau à toute vitesse

(b) Cars (exceed speed limit) faire des excès de vitesse, rouler trop vite

(c) familiar drugs slang

∎ to be speeding (have taken amphetamines) être sous amphets, speeder

3 transitive verb

∎ (person) to speed sb on his way souhaiter bon voyage à qn;

∎ I gave him a drink to speed him on his way je lui ai offert quelque chose pour la route;

∎ archaic God speed (you)! (que) Dieu vous garde!

►► speed bump casse-vitesse m, ralentisseur m;

speed camera radar m;

speed chess échecs mpl rapides;

American familiar speed cop motard m (de la police);

American familiar speed demon mordu(e) m,f de vitesse;

Telecommunications speed dial numérotation f abrégée;

American familiar speed freak (drug addict) drogué(e) m,f aux amphétamines^□ ;

speed gun radar m à main;

speed limit limitation f de vitesse;

∎ the speed limit is 60 la vitesse est limitée à 60;

British , Australian & New Zealand familiar speed merchant mordu(e) m,f de vitesse;

Sport speed skating patinage m de vitesse;

speed trap contrôle m de vitesse

➲ speed along

1 intransitive verb

(in car, on bike) rouler vite, familiar foncer; (walk) marcher vite; (run) courir vite;

∎ the work is speeding along le travail avance à bonne allure

2 separable transitive verb

(work) faire avancer ou progresser en vitesse

➲ speed off

1 intransitive verb

(on foot, in car) partir à toute allure

2 separable transitive verb

∎ they sped him off to hospital ils l'ont transporté à l'hôpital à toute vitesse

➲ speed up

1 intransitive verb

(gen) aller plus vite; (driver) rouler plus vite; (worker) travailler plus vite; (machine, film) accélérer;

∎ can't you get him to speed up? (work harder) vous ne pouvez pas le faire travailler plus vite?; (hurry) vous ne pouvez pas le faire se dépêcher?

2 separable transitive verb

(worker) faire travailler plus vite; (person) faire aller plus vite; (work) activer, accélérer; (pace) presser; (production) accélérer, augmenter; (reaction, film) accélérer

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > speed
11 quejica

adj.

whining, hard to please, querulous, whimpering.

f. & m.

grouse, moaner, railer.

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quejica

► adjetivo

1 familiar complaining, grumpy, querulous

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 moaner, grouse

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1.

ADJ moaning

2.

SMF moaner, grumbler

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adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II

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= curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].

Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.

Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.

Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.

Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.

Ex. Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.

Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.

Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.

Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.

Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

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adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II

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= curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].

Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.

Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.

Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.

Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.

Ex: Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.

Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.

Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.

Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.

Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

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quejica¹

adjective

( Esp fam) whining ( before n) ( colloq)

quejica²

masculine and feminine

( Esp fam)

crybaby ( colloq), whinger ( colloq)

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quejica adjetivo, masculino y femenino (Esp fam) See Also→
◊ quejón

quejica familiar
I adjetivo whining
II mf whiner, moaner

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quejica Fam Pey

♦ adj

whining, Br whingeing;

es muy quejica he's always whining o Br whingeing;

no seas quejica y ponte a trabajar stop whining o Br whingeing and get some work done

♦ nmf

whiner, Br whinger

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quejica
fam
I adj whining fam

II m/f crybaby

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quejica n moaner

Spanish-English dictionary > quejica
12 total

adj.

1 total (completo) (cifra, coste).

2 fab (informal) (fantastic).

adv.

basically, in a word.

total que me marché so anyway, I left

total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?

intj.

in short.

Total,nadie acudió a su trabajo! In short, nobody came to work!

m.

1 total (suma).

me da un total de 580 libras I make it »580

2 whole (totalidad, conjunto).

el total del grupo the whole group

nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all

en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us

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total

► adjetivo

1 total, complete, overall

■ la imprenta supuso una revolución total printing brought about a complete revolution

■ anestesia total general anaesthetic

► nombre masculino

1 (totalidad) whole

■ el total de la población the whole population

2 (suma) total, sum

► adverbio

1 (en conclusión) in short, so

■ total, fue un fracaso in short, it was a failure

■ total, que se fueron porque quisieron they left because they wanted to

2 (al fin y al cabo) after all

■ total, para lo que me sirve... after all, for all the good it is to me...

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en total in all

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noun m. adj.

total

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1. ADJ

1) (=absoluto) [éxito, fracaso] total

una revisión total de su teoría — a complete revision of his theory

una calamidad total — a total disaster

2) (=global) [importe, suma] total

3) * (=excelente) smashing, brilliant

es un libro total — it's a brilliant book

2. ADV

1) (=resumiendo) in short, all in all; (=así que) so

total que — to cut a long story short, the upshot of it all was that...

total, que no fuimos — so we didn't go after all

total, que vas a hacer lo que quieras — basically then you're going to do as you please

2) (=al fin y al cabo) at the end of the day

total, ¿qué más te da? — at the end of the day, what do you care?

total, usted manda — well, you're the boss after all

3.

SM (=suma total) total; (=totalidad) whole

el total son 50 pesos — the total is 50 pesos

el total de la población — the whole (of the) population

en total — in all

en total éramos catorce — there were fourteen of us altogether

total debe — debit total

total de comprobación — hash total

total haber — assets total

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I
adjetivo

a) ( absoluto) <desastre/destrucción> total; < éxito> resounding, total

un cambio total — a complete change

b) ( global) <costo/importe> total
II
masculino total

¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?

el total de sus ahorros — the whole of her savings

en total — altogether
III
adverbio (indep) (fam)

a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end

total, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up

b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)

total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway

total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

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I
adjetivo

a) ( absoluto) <desastre/destrucción> total; < éxito> resounding, total

un cambio total — a complete change

b) ( global) <costo/importe> total
II
masculino total

¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?

el total de sus ahorros — the whole of her savings

en total — altogether
III
adverbio (indep) (fam)

a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end

total, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up

b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)

total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway

total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

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total¹

¹ = tally [tallies, pl.], total, count, grand total.

Ex: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.

Ex: Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.

Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.

Ex: The grand total of 4,300 exhibitors was 4 per cent up on 1996.

* de un total de + Cantidad = out of a total of + Cantidad.

* el total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.

* total comprometida = encumbrance.

* total comprometido = accrual.

* total de calorías = calorie count.

* total de préstamos = circulation figures.

* total devengado = encumbrance, accrual.

* un total de = a universe of, a total of.

total²

² = complete, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], thorough, total, end to end, supine, unrelieved, utter, gavel to gavel, systemic, overarching, ultimate, avowed, out-and-out, certified, unmitigaged, fully blown, unreserved.

Ex: The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.

Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.

Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.

Ex: 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.

Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.

Ex: A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.

Ex: There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.

Ex: There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.

Ex: The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.

Ex: Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.

Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.

Ex: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.

Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.

Ex: This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.

Ex: It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.

* de movimiento total = full-motion.

* en total = all told, altogether, in all, overall, in total, in toto.

* fracaso total = complete failure.

* integración total = seamlessness.

* la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.

* limpieza total = clean sweep.

* Número + en total = Número + in number.

* oscuridad total = pitch blackness, pitch darkness.

* rechazo total = bold statement against.

* síndrome de alergia total = total allergy syndrome.

* siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].

* suma total = sum total, count.

* total atención = undivided attention.

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total¹

adjective

1 (absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total; ‹éxito› resounding ( before n), total

la película fue un fracaso total the film was a total o an utter failure

un cambio total a complete change

2 (global) ‹coste/importe› total

total²

masculine

total

¿cuánto es el total? what's the total?, what does it all come to?, how much is it altogether?

el total de las pérdidas/ganancias the total losses/profits

el total asciende a $40.000 the total amounts to o comes to o is $40,000

afecta a un total de 600 personas it affects a total of 600 people

en total altogether

son 5 euros en total that's 5 euros altogether

total³

adverb

( indep) ( fam)

1 (al resumir una narración) so, in the end

total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up

2

(expresando indiferencia, poca importancia): ¿por qué no te quedas? total, mañana no tienes que trabajar why not stay? I mean o after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

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total adjetivo
a) ( absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total;

‹ éxito› resounding ( before n), total;
‹ cambio› complete
b) ( global) ‹costo/importe› total

■ sustantivo masculino
total;
◊ en total altogether

■ adverbio ( indep) (fam) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end;
total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up
total
I adjetivo total
un desastre total, a complete o total disaster
eclipse total, total eclipse
II sustantivo masculino
1 total
el total de la población, the whole population
el total de los trabajadores, all the workers
en total costó unas dos mil pesetas, altogether it cost over two thousand pesetas
2 Mat total
III adv (en resumen) so: total, que al final María vino con nosotros, so, in the end Maria came with us
fam (con indiferencia) anyway: total, a mí no me gustaba, I didn't like it anyway

' total' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- aforo
- completa
- completo
- desconocimiento
- esclarecimiento
- importe
- montante
- monto
- parque
- radical
- suma
- sumar
- toda
- todo
- totalizar
- global
- integral
- liquidación
- miramiento
- monta
- perdido
- pleno
- ser
- silencio
English:
absolute
- all
- altogether
- bedlam
- capacity
- come to
- complete
- dead
- dedication
- dismal
- disregard
- full
- grand total
- ignorance
- in
- overall
- perfect
- rank
- raving
- reversal
- sell-out
- serve out
- sheer
- subtotal
- sum
- tell
- total
- unqualified
- utter
- write off
- write-off
- account
- add
- come
- count
- disarray
- downright
- flat
- grand
- grid
- gross
- implicit
- matter
- number
- out
- recall
- run
- swell
- virtual
- write

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total

♦ adj

1. [cifra, coste, gasto] total;

el importe total de las inversiones the total amount of the investments

2. [confianza, rechazo, ruptura] total, complete;

actúa con total libertad she acts completely freely, she has complete freedom of action;

su influencia en ellos es total he has overwhelming influence over them

3. Fam [fantástico] fab, Br brill

♦ nm

1. [suma] total;

el total de visitantes del museo alcanzó los tres millones the total number of visitors to the museum reached three million;

me da un total de 580 I make it 580

Comp
Cont total actualizado running total;
total de ventas total sales

2. [totalidad, conjunto] whole;

el total del grupo the whole group;

en total in total, in all;

nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all;

en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us

♦ adv

1. [en resumen] basically, in a word;

total, que me marché so anyway, I left;

total, que te has quedado sin trabajo, ¿no? basically, you're out of a job, then?

2. [en realidad] anyway;

total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?;

llévatelo, total ¿para qué lo quiero yo? take it, what good is it to me, after all?

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total

I adj total, complete;

en total altogether, in total

II m total;

un total de 50 personas a total of 50 people

III adv

:

total, que no conseguí estudiar the upshot was that I didn’t manage to get any studying done

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total adv

: in the end, so

total, que no fui: in short, I didn't go

total adj & nm

: total

♦ totalmente adv

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total¹ adj total / complete

el coste total del proyecto the total cost of the project

un cambio total a complete change

total² adv so

total, que no piensas venir so, you're not coming then

total³ n total

eso hace un total de 2.000 pesetas that makes a total of 2,000 pesetas

el total de la población the total population

Spanish-English dictionary > total
13 ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ

@благосостояние
welfare, well-being
@соцстрах @социальное страхование
social security
@система социальной защиты
social safety net
@заработная плата @зарплата
salary, wages
@месячный оклад
monthly salary
@гонорар
honorarium/royalty
@плата
pay, fee
@денежные пособия
allowances, benefits, payments
@льготы
benefits
@безработица
unemployment
@занятость
employment

полная занятость - full employment
@биржа труда
labor market
@распределение на работу
job assignment system
@сдельная оплата труда
piece work
@почасовик
contract, part-time employee
@оплачиваемый отпуск
paid leave
@декретный отпуск
maternity leave
@больничный лист
sick leave, certified sick leave
Syn: бюллетень @выходить на пенсию
to retire (on pension)
@пенсионер
retiree, pensioner
@пенсия по
pension for
ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ случаю потери кормильца - loss of breadwinner ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ инвалидности, нетрудоспособности - disability pension @средняя продолжительность жизни
average life expectancy
@профсоюз
trade union
@рабочее законодательство @трудовое законодательство
labor legislation
@охрана труда
labor protection
@меры безопасности труда
labor safety regulations
@техника безопасности
labor safety devices
@работа на вредном производстве
hazardous occupation
@производственная травма
industrial injury
@профессиональное заболевание
occupational disease
@коллективный договор
collective bargaining agreement
@арендный подряд
leasing contract
@семейный подряд
family contract
@установление производственных норм
quota setting
@материальная заинтересованность @материальные стимулы
material/financial incentives
@премия
bonus
@повышение
promotion
@взыскание @нагоняй @выговор
reprimand
@увольнение
dismissal, firing
@смена
shift
@иждивенцы
dependents
@квалифицированные кадры
skilled/trained personnel
@бригада
team
Syn: команда @завком @фабком
plant committee
@цех
shop
@поточные линии
production/assembly lines
@смежная отрасль
related industry
@ремонтные работы
repair, overhaul
@госприемка
state quality control
@наём
hiring
@сверхурочная работа
overtime work
@рабочий день
working day
@скользящий график
flexitime
@работа на местах @полевые работы
field work
@лобби
lobby, pressure group
@НПО @неправительственная организация
nongovernmental organization (NGO)
@некоммерческая организация
nonprofit organization
@конференция по объявлению взносов
pledging conference
@доброволец
volunteer
@работа на общественных началах
volunteer work
@пожертвование, дар
donation
@сбор средств
fund raising
@черта бедности
poverty line
@прожиточный минимум
minimum level subsistence
@грамотность
literacy
@неграмотность
illiteracy
@питание @рациональное питание
nutrition
@голод
hunger/famine
@недоедание
malnutrition
@наркомания @злоупотребление наркотиками
drug abuse
@наркоман
drug addict
@жилищная проблема
housing problem
@трущобы
slums
@бездомные @бомжи @без определенного места жительства
homeless
@постоянное место жительства @ПМЖ
permanent residence
@беженцы
refugees
@перемещенные лица
displaced persons
@МККК @Международный Комитет Красного Креста
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
@права человека
human rights
@нарушения прав человека
human rights violations
@геноцид
genocide
@этническая чистка
ethnic cleansing
@дедовщина
dangerous hazing by senior personnel (in the army)
@престарелый
aged
@инвалид
disabled
@проблема отцов и детей
generation gap
@продолжительность жизни
life expectancy
@коэффициент рождаемости рождаемость
birth rate
@смертность
mortality rate
@

Словарь переводчика-синхрониста (русско-английский) > ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ
14 chocho

adj.

senile, doddering, dotty, doddery.

intj.

wow.

m.

cunt, beaver, fanny.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chochar.

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chocho

► adjetivo

1 doddering, senile

2 figurado (de cariño) tender, soft

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar chocho,-a por alguien figurado to be soft about somebody

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chocho

► nombre masculino

1 (altramuz) lupin

2 (dulce) cinnamon candy stick

3 tabú cunt, pussy

► nombre masculino plural chochos

1 (chucherías) sweets, US candies

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I
1. ADJ

1) (=senil) doddering, senile

2) (=embelesado) soft, doting, sentimental

estar chocho por algn — to dote on sb, be soft on sb

3) Cono Sur (=contento) delighted, pleased

2.

EXCL CAm * no kidding! *, really?
II
SM

1) (=caramelo) candy stick
pl chochos (=golosinas) sweets, candy sing (EEUU)
chochos de vieja — lupin seeds sold at street stalls, fairs etc for eating

2) *** (=vulva) pussy ***

3) * (=lío) rumpus *, shindy *
III chocho, -a *
1.

ADJ CAm (=nicaragüense) Nicaraguan

2. SM / F

1) (=drogadicto) drug addict

2) CAm (=nicaragüense) Nicaraguan
chocha
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- cha adjetivo

1)

a) (fam) < viejo> gaga (colloq)

b) (fam) (encantado, entusiasmado)

está chocho por or con su hijita — he dotes on his daughter

se quedó chocho con el regalo — he was delighted with his present

2) (como interj) (AmC fam)

chocho! qué montón de trabajo tenemos! — gosh, have we got a lot of work! (colloq)

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= doddering, senile, gaga.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Dawn raids and doddering academics'.

Ex. However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.

Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.

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* viejo chocho = dodderer, old fart.

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- cha adjetivo

1)

a) (fam) < viejo> gaga (colloq)

b) (fam) (encantado, entusiasmado)

está chocho por or con su hijita — he dotes on his daughter

se quedó chocho con el regalo — he was delighted with his present

2) (como interj) (AmC fam)

chocho! qué montón de trabajo tenemos! — gosh, have we got a lot of work! (colloq)

* * *

= doddering, senile, gaga.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Dawn raids and doddering academics'.

Ex: However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.

Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.

* viejo chocho = dodderer, old fart.

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chocho¹ - cha

adjective

A

1 ( fam); ‹viejo› gaga ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(encantado, entusiasmado): está chocho por or con su hijita he dotes on his daughter

se quedó chocho con el regalo he was delighted with his present

lo trasladaron a México y está chocho de la vida he's been transferred to Mexico and he's over the moon about it ( colloq)

estaba chocho de que se hubiera acordado he was so happy o ( colloq) he was tickled pink that she had remembered, he was really chuffed that she had remembered ( BrE)

B ( como interj)

( AmC fam): ¡chocho! ¡qué carro! wow! that's some car! ( colloq)

¡chocho! ¡qué montón de trabajo tenemos que hacer! boy, have we got a lot of work to do! ( colloq)

chocho²

masculine

( Esp vulg)

cunt ( vulg), beaver ( AmE sl), fanny ( BrE sl)

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chocho
◊ - cha adjetivo

a) (fam) ‹ viejo› gaga (colloq)

b) (fam) ( encantado):

◊ está chocho con su hijita he dotes on his daughter;

se quedó chocho con el regalo he was delighted with his present
' chocho' also found in these entries:
English:
fanny
- gaga
- thrilled

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chocho, -a

♦ adj

1. [viejo] senile;

estar chocho to be senile;

es un viejo chocho que no sabe lo que dice he's a senile old man who doesn't know what he's saying

2. Fam [encariñado]
está chocho con su novia he dotes on his girlfriend;

está chocho con su nueva casa he's over the moon about his new house

♦ nm

1. Esp, Méx muy Fam [vulva] Br fanny, US beaver

2. Fam [altramuz] lupin seed [for eating]

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chocho

I adj fam

senile;

estar chocho con dote on

II m pop

beaver pop, cunt vulg

* * *

chocho, - cha adj

1) : senile

2) : doting

Spanish-English dictionary > chocho
15 dope

dəup
1. сущ.
1) химическое соединение а) густое смазывающее вещество, смазка, паста;
перен. какая-л. еда в виде пасты They treated the running surface of the skis with dope. ≈ Они обрабатывают нижнюю поверхность лыж какой-то пастой. Today he had a double hot fudge dope. ≈ Сегодня он проглотил двойную порцию этого горячего шоколадного месива. б) авиац. аэролак (покрытие для крыльев легких самолетов, ткани воздушных шаров и т.п.) dope-shop в) хим. присадка к топливу Syn: additive г) хим. сорбент, используемый при изготовлении динамита и других взрывчатых веществ д) разг. лекарство (любое) ;
допинг (особенно для скаковых лошадей) е) разг. наркотик (в основном о морфии, медикаментах, его содержащих (юкодал, кодеин и т.п.) и его производных (героине и т.п.), но также и о других видах Poetry was comparatively popular because it was dope. ≈ Поэзия была довольно популярна, потому что это был наркотик. dope fiend take dope dope pedlar dope peddler dope pusher dope runner dope stick Syn: drug, junk, stuff
2) а) сл. перен. "верная ставка" на ту или иную лошадь на скачках б) газетная утка;
дезинформация, "лапша", которую под видом сверхсекретной информации вешают на уши Don't pull any of that dope on me. ≈ Не вешай мне лапшу на уши. I suggested it to a detective, but he laughed at me and said the article was nothing but dope. ≈ Я предложил это детективу, но он рассмеялся и сказал, что это просто газетная утка. ∙ dope-book
3) разг. дурак, остолоп Syn: simpleton, fool
2. гл.
1) а) давать, принимать лекарства;
давать наркотики или допинг;
перен. усыплять, одурманивать (тж. dope up) The doctor has doped me up with all sorts of medicine to try to control the fever. ≈ Доктор пичкал меня всевозможными лекарствами, чтобы побороть лихорадку. I wish she hadn't come to the party doped up like that. ≈ По мне, было бы лучше, если бы она не приходила на вечеринку в таком виде (имеется в виду - накурившаяся, пьяная и т.п.). Syn: drug б) наркоманить Did he dope? ≈ Был ли он наркоманом?
2) технические термины а) тех. заливать горючее б) добавлять присадки в) изменять структуру полупроводника с целью получить те или иные свойства
3) мазать, промазывать чем-л.;
авиац. покрывать аэролаком There was a salad of lettuce doped with vinegar. ≈ Это были салатные листья с уксусом.
4) всегда в сочетании dope up а) сл. выискивать, выкапывать, докапываться, выяснять How'd you dope it out, Kid? asked one. Tell us how you could do such good detective work. ≈ Как ты это узнал, малыш? спросил кто-то. Расскажи, как тебе удается быть таким классным детективом. б) добывать, доставать;
зарабатывать He's doped out a fifty-dollar bill, anyway. ≈ Как бы то ни было, пятьдесят долларов он где-то добыл. паста;
густая смазка лак;
аэролак допинг (разговорное) наркотик;
опиум - * addict наркоман - * habit /addiction/ наркомания - * peddler торговец наркотиками( разговорное) наркоман (сленг) секретная информация о лошади( на скачках, на бегах) (секретная) информация, (секретные) сведения - inside * неофициальная информация - to spill /to hand (out) / the * поделиться секретной информацией - to upset the * опровергнуть все предсказания - give us the * ну-ка, выкладывай, что ты знаешь - get the * разузнай все как есть( сленг) ложные сведения, обман, надувательство - don't pull /put/ any of this * on me не втирай мне очки дурман( разговорное) болван, дубина;
идиот - what a *! ну и болван (химическое) поглотитель( специальное) присадка;
антидетонационная присадка( к топливу) ;
добавка;
легирующая примесь наносить пасту или лак;
лакировать разбавлять;
подмешивать;
фальсифицировать давать наркотики или допинг - to * a horse дать лошади допинг - to * oneself with cocaine нанюхаться кокаину;
нюхать кокаин принимать наркотики - he *s он наркоман одурманивать (сленг) разгадывать;
разнюхивать;
предсказывать( обыкн. * out) - to * (out) the winners наперед знать победителей (скачек и т. п.) (техническое) заливать (цилиндры) горючим добавлять присадки (к топливу или маслам) (электроника) легировать, допировать ( полупроводник) dope аэролак ~ густое смазывающее вещество, паста ~ давать наркотики или допинг;
to dope oneself with cocaine нюхать кокаин ~ допинг ~ разг. дурак, остолоп ~ тех. заливатьгорючее;
добавлять присадки ~ разг. наркотик, дурман ~ одурманивать, убаюкивать ~ хим. поглотитель ~ покрывать аэролаком ~ жарг. получать секретную информацию;
предсказывать (что-л.) на основании тайной информации ~ жарг. секретная информация о шансах на выигрыш той или иной лошади (на скачках, бегах) ;
(ложная или секретная) информация, используемая журналистами ~ давать наркотики или допинг;
to dope oneself with cocaine нюхать кокаин

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > dope
16 создавать

1) General subject: addict, bring into being, bring into existence, build, build up, coin (новые слова, выражения), compose, compose (литературное или музыкальное произведение), construct, create, engineer, erect, establish (establish favourable conditions for - создать благоприятные условия для), father, form, found, frame, invent, make, mint (новое слово, выражение), mold, mould, originate, prepare, produce, raise up, set up, shape (из чего-либо), spawn, organise, (защитный круг - protective circle) conjure, put in place

2) Computers: design

3) American: craft

4) Ironical: confect

5) Military: constitute

6) Engineering: develop, generate

7) Mathematics: give rise to, offer

8) Law: raise

9) Accounting: frame (напр. теорию)

10) Diplomatic term: charter (на основе устава), set

11) Information technology: author

12) Business: appoint, begin, formulate, organize, provide (provide necessary living conditions - создавать / обеспечивать / гарантировать необходимые бытовые условия)

13) Makarov: build in, build into, erect (теорию), fabric, give place to, induce, knit, originate (проект), spring, work, call into action, call into being, call into existence, call into play

14) SAP.tech. fram

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > создавать
17 fiend

fi:nd
noun

1) (a devil: the fiends of hell.) demonio

2) (a wicked or cruel person: She's an absolute fiend when she's angry.) demonio

3) (a person who is very enthusiastic about something: a fresh air fiend; a fiend for work.) fanático

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- fiendish
- fiendishly

fiend

tr[fiːnd]

noun

1 demonio, diablo

2 familiar fanático,-a

fiend ['fi:nd] n

1) demon: demonio m

2) evildoer: persona f maligna; malvado m, -da f

3) fanatic: fanático m, -ca f

fiend

n.

• demonio s.m.

• desalmado s.m.

• diablo s.m.

• fanático s.m.

• malvado s.m.

• vicioso s.m.

fiːnd
noun

1)

a) ( demon) demonio m

b) ( cruel person) (journ or hum) desalmado, -da m,f

sex fiend — maníaco m sexual

2) ( fan) (colloq & hum)

he's a golf fiend — es un fanático del golf

[fiːnd]
N
1) (=devil) demonio m, diablo m

2) * (=person) malvado(-a) m / f

3) * (=addict)

drugs fiend — drogadicto(-a) m / f

sex fiend — maníaco m sexual

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[fiːnd]
noun

1)

a) ( demon) demonio m

b) ( cruel person) (journ or hum) desalmado, -da m,f

sex fiend — maníaco m sexual

2) ( fan) (colloq & hum)

he's a golf fiend — es un fanático del golf

English-spanish dictionary > fiend
18 fiend

noun

1) (very wicked person) Scheusal, das; Unmensch, der

2) (evil spirit) böser Geist

3) (coll.): (mischievous or tiresome person) Plagegeist, der

4) (devotee) Fan, der

fresh-air fiend — Frischluftfanatiker, der/-fanatikerin, die

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[fi:nd]
noun

1) (a devil: the fiends of hell.) der Teufel

2) (a wicked or cruel person: She's an absolute fiend when she's angry.) der Unhold

3) (a person who is very enthusiastic about something: a fresh air fiend; a fiend for work.) der/die Fanatiker(in)

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- academic.ru/27138/fiendish">fiendish
- fiendishly
* * *

fiend

[fi:nd]

n

1. (demon) Dämon m

2. (Satan)

▪ the \fiend der Teufel [o Satan

3. ( pej: evil person) Scheusal nt pej

4. (annoying person) Nervensäge f sl

5. ( fig fam: enthusiast) Fanatiker(in) m(f)

she's a \fiend for chocolate sie ist ganz verrückt auf Schokolade fam

fresh-air \fiend Frischluftfanatiker(in) m(f)

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[fiːnd]
n

1) (= evil spirit) Teufel m, Dämon m; (= person) Teufel m

the Fiend — der böse Feind

"sex fiend strikes again" — "Sexbestie schlägt wieder zu"

2) (inf: addict) Fanatiker(in) m(f)

tennis fiend — Tennisnarr m

she's a fresh-air fiend — sie ist Frischluftfanatikerin

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fiend [fiːnd] s

1. a) Satan m, Teufel m (beide auch fig)

b) Dämon m, fig auch Unhold m

2. umg besonders in Zusammensetzungen

a) Süchtige(r) m/f(m):

an opium fiend

b) Narr m, Närrin f, Fanatiker(in):

a golf fiend, a fiend for golf ein besessener oder leidenschaftlicher Golfspieler; → fresh-air 1

c) Größe f, Kanone f (beide umg) ( beide:

at in dat)

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noun

1) (very wicked person) Scheusal, das; Unmensch, der

2) (evil spirit) böser Geist

3) (coll.): (mischievous or tiresome person) Plagegeist, der

4) (devotee) Fan, der

fresh-air fiend — Frischluftfanatiker, der/-fanatikerin, die

* * *

n.

Feind -e m.

Teufel - m.

English-german dictionary > fiend
19 colgado

adj.

hanging, hung-up, hung, underslung.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: colgar.

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colgado

► participio pasado

1→ link=colgar colgar

► adjetivo

1 hanging (de, from)

■ colgado del techo hanging from the ceiling

■ siempre está colgada del teléfono she's always on the phone

2 (ahorcado) hanged

3 familiar (pendiente de resolución) pending

■ le ha quedado una asignatura colgada she has to resit one exam, she has to do one retake

4 familiar (totalmente pendiente) dependent (de, on)

■ estábamos colgados de sus palabras we were hanging on to his every word

5 argot (drogado) stoned, high; (loco) crazy, off one's head

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 argot (drogado) drug addict

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar a alguien colgado,-a familiar to leave somebody in the lurch, leave somebody high and dry, leave somebody stranded

■ mi amiga me dejó colgada my friend didn't turn up

estar colgado,-a (en apuros) to be in a fix, be in a tight spot

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(f. - colgada)

adj.

hanging, hanged, hung

* * *

1.

PP de colgar

2. ADJ

1) (=pendiente)

la bombilla colgada del techo — the light bulb hanging from the ceiling

este cuadro estuvo colgado muchos años en el museo de la ciudad — this picture hung for many years in the city museum

me dejaron colgado del teléfono — I was left hanging on the phone

está colgado del teléfono todo el día — he's on the phone all day long
colgar 2.
2) (=ahorcado) hanged, hung

3) * [asignatura]

tengo la física colgada — I have to resit o retake physics

me han dejado el inglés colgado — I've failed English

4)

• dejar colgado a algn — * [en una situación difícil] to leave sb in the lurch *; [en una cita] to stand sb up *

se fue del país y me dejó colgado con todas las facturas del negocio — he's left the country and left me in the lurch with all the company invoices to sort out *

vendrás ¿no?, espero que no me dejes colgado — you'll be there, won't you? I hope you're not going to stand me up *

5) ** (=drogado) spaced out **; (=chiflado) nuts *; (=sin dinero) broke *, short of money

estoy colgado de deudas — I'm up to my neck in debts *

6) ** (=enviciado)

• colgado de algo — hooked on sth *

estar colgado del bingo — to be hooked on bingo *

estar colgado de las emociones fuertes — to be hooked on big thrills *

estar colgado de la tele — to be glued to the TV *

7) ** (=enamorado)

estoy muy colgado de ella — I'm crazy about her *

8) Chile * (=ignorante) clueless *

salí muy colgado de la clase — I left the class completely clueless *

estoy muy colgado en geografía — I haven't got a clue about geography *, I'm clueless in geography *

3. SMF **

1) (=drogadicto) druggie *

2) (=chiflado) nutter *

* * *

- da adjetivo ( ver tb colgar)

1) ( plantado)

lo dejó colgado — she didn't show up

me dejó colgado y tuve que hacerlo todo yo — she left me in the lurch and I had to do it all myself

2)

a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>

tiene una asignatura colgada para septiembre — he has to do retakes in September

b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)

c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)

estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)

d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behind

e) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money

* * *

----

* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.

* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* * *

- da adjetivo ( ver tb colgar)

1) ( plantado)

lo dejó colgado — she didn't show up

me dejó colgado y tuve que hacerlo todo yo — she left me in the lurch and I had to do it all myself

2)

a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>

tiene una asignatura colgada para septiembre — he has to do retakes in September

b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)

c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)

estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)

d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behind

e) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money

* * *

* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.

* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* * *

colgado¹ -da

adjective

(ver tb colgar)

A

(plantado): me dejó colgada con la comida hecha I had the food all ready and he didn't show o turn up

me dejó colgado y tuve que hacerlo todo yo she didn't turn up o she left me in the lurch o she let me down and I had to do it all myself

B

1 ( arg) ‹asignatura›

¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada para septiembre? do you have to do any retakes in September?

2 ( arg) (por drogas) spaced out ( colloq)

3

( Chi fam) (que no entiende, no sabe): quedé más colgado con su explicación … his explanation left me completely in the dark

en física estamos todos colgados none of us has a clue about physics

4 ( Col fam) (atrasado) behind

estoy colgado de trabajo I'm behind with my work

5 ( Col fam) (de dinero) short of money

viven colgados they're always short of money, they live from hand to mouth

colgado² -da

masculine, feminine

( Chi fam) moron ( colloq pej), halfwit ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo colgar: ( conjugate colgar)

colgado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
colgado
colgar
colgado
◊ -da adjetivo: dejar a algn colgado ( dejarlo en la estacada) to leave sb in the lurch;

ver tb colgar
colgar ( conjugate colgar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ cuadro› to hang, put up;

‹ lámpara› to put up;
‹ ropa lavada› to hang (out);
colgado algo de algo to hang sth on sth;
◊ el abrigo estaba colgado de un gancho the coat was hanging on a hook

b) ( ahorcar) to hang

c) ‹teléfono/auricular› to put down;

◊ tienen el teléfono mal colgado their phone is off the hook

verbo intransitivo
a) ( pender) to hang;

◊ colgaba del techo it was hanging from the ceiling;

el vestido me cuelga de un lado my dress is hanging down on one side
b) (Telec) to hang up;

◊ no cuelgue, por favor hold the line please, please hold;

me colgó he hung up on me
colgarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
1
a) ( ahorcarse) to hang oneself

b) (agarrarse, suspenderse):

◊ no te cuelgues de ahí don't hang off there;

no te cuelges de mí don't cling on to me;
se pasa colgada del teléfono (fam) she spends her time on the phone
2 (Chi, Méx) (Elec):
◊ colgadose del suministro eléctrico to tap into the electricity supply

colgado,-a adjetivo
1 (suspendido) hanging
2 argot (extravagante, temerario) weird
(drogado) high
♦ Locuciones: familiar dejar a alguien colgado, to leave sb in the lurch
quedarse colgado, to be disappointed
colgar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un cuadro) to hang (up)
(tender la ropa) to hang (out)
2 (suspender) to fail
3 (ahorcar) to hang
4 (el teléfono) to hang up o put down
II verbo intransitivo
1 to hang [de, from]
2 Tel (cortar la comunicación) to hang up
' colgado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colgada
- sambenito
- colgar
English:
dangle
- strand
- wasted
- hang

* * *

colgado, -a

♦ adj

1. [cuadro, jamón, camisa] hanging (de from)

2. [teléfono] on the hook;

deben tener el teléfono mal colgado they can't have put the receiver back properly

3. Fam [atontado, loco] crazy, daft

4. Fam [abandonado]
dejar colgado a alguien to leave sb in the lurch;

cancelaron la excursión y me quedé colgado todo el fin de semana they cancelled the trip and I was left with nothing to do all weekend

5. Fam [enganchado]
quedarse colgado (con) to get hooked (on);

está colgado de María he's stuck on Maria;

está colgado del alcohol he can't stay off the drink;

se pasa el día colgado del teléfono he's on the phone all day long

6. Fam [pendiente]
tengo colgado el inglés del curso pasado I have to resit the exam for last year's English course

7. Fam [drogado] stoned

♦ nm,f
Fam
1. [atontado, loco] loony, Br nutter

2. [desamparado] drip

3. [drogadicto] junkie

* * *

colgado

adj

1

:

dejar colgado a alguien fam let s.o. down;

estar o

quedarse colgado be (left) on one’s own

2

:

estar colgado por alguien fam be nuts about s.o. fam

* * *

colgado, -da adj

1) : hanging, hanged

2) : pending

3)

dejar colgado a : to disappoint, to let down

* * *

colgado adj

1. (en general) hanging

había un calendario colgado en la pared there was a calender hanging on the wall

2.

¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada? have you got to resit any exams?

dejar a alguien colgado to leave somebody in the lurch [pt. & pp. left]

Spanish-English dictionary > colgado
20 привиквам

1. привикам

2. cry out, utter a cry

3. (повиквам) call

4. привикна get accustomed/used (на to. да to с ger.)

get into the habit/way (of с ger.)

той вече е привикнал към пушене he has already got accustomed to smoking, he has got used to smoking, he has got into the habit of smoking

* * *

привѝквам,

гл. ( повиквам) call.

——————

гл. get accustomed/used (на to, да to c ger.); get into the habit/way (of c ger.); habituate (o.s. to).

* * *

get used to: He will привиквам the noise. - Той ще привикне с шума.; acclimatize: The boy soon became привиквамed to hard work. - Момчето скоро привикна с тежката работа.; addict; adjust; familiarize; inure{i`nyux}; (повиквам): call; summon

* * *
1. (повиквам) call 2. 1, привикам 3. 4, привикна get accustomed/used (на to. да to с ger.) 4. cry out, utter a cry 5. get into the habit/way (of с ger.) 6. той вече е привикнал към пушене he has already got accustomed to smoking, he has got used to smoking, he has got into the habit of smoking

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