Loco in english
pronunciation: kreɪzi part of speech: adjective
loco = crazy ; demented ; crazed ; daft ; bananas ; mad ; insane ; deranged ; out of + Posesivo + (tiny) mind ; lunatic ; nut ; bonkers ; wacko ; dolally tap ; dolally [do-lally] ; imbecile ; berserk ; wacky ; madman ; nutter ; off + Posesivo + nut ; kook ; daffy ; loony ; maniac ; out of + Posesivo + senses ; off + Posesivo + knocker ; off + Posesivo + rocker ; moonstruck ; nutcase.
Example: 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.Example: 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.Example: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.Example: 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.Example: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.Example: 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!.Example: 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.Example: 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 = 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.Example: The article 'Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.Example: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.Example: 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.Example: This client was bonkers, but believable.Example: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright 'wackos'.Example: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Example: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Example: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Example: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.Example: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline = 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.Example: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.Example: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.Example: 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.Example: 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.Example: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.Example: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.Example: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.Example: 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.Example: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Example: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Example: 'Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family = 'Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Example: There is no way that Americans are stupid enough to allow such a nutcase to become the most powerful man in the world.more:
» a lo loco = helter-skelter ; like there's no tomorrow ; like nobody's business .
Example: The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research. Example: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances. Example: Us blacks come from poverty, so when we get money, we spend it like nobody's business.» a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow ; without rhyme or reason ; like nobody's business .
Example: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances. Example: Many disliked the movement, which was abstract and appeared to be without rhyme or reason. Example: Us blacks come from poverty, so when we get money, we spend it like nobody's business.» aumentar como loco = grow like + crazy .
Example: The wearable technology industry is growing like crazy and can provide a plethora of benefits to users.» buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of ; in full cry ; in full pursuit of .
Example: All of a sudden we heard the roar of jet engines and looked up to see two military jets lifting off the runway in hot pursuit of this object. Example: The pack of hounds on leash rushed downhill in full cry after the hare, and from all sides the borzois that were not on leash darted after the hounds and the hare. Example: In the 19th century, the wit and playwright Oscar Wilde memorably mocked fox-hunting as 'the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable'.» cabeza loca = madcap .
Example: A madcap trio drove more than 1,000 miles in an old banger across Europe's most unforgiving roads as part of an alternative rally for charity.» cada loco con su tema = to each his own ; each (one) to their own (taste) ; different strokes for different folks ; each (one) to his own (taste) .
Example: To each his own -- everyone has a penchant for something: food, clothes, shoes, accessories, cars, photography and the list just goes on. Example: But like Coleen says each to their own, you can always change your name or just get people to call you something else. Example: 'Different strokes for different folks' is a good slogan, as long as we add that they need to also pursue mutual understanding = "Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito" es un buen eslogan, siempre y cuando le añadamos que debemos intentar entendernos mutuamente. Example: I think that as far as achieving success and happiness, it should be each to his own.» cantar como (un) loco = sing at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs .
Example: My mom frequently tells the story of how she sang at the top of her lungs all during her pregnancy with me.» casa de locos = lunatic asylum ; madhouse ; bedlam [Usado en el sentido figurado para indicar desorden y caos] ; booby hatch .
Example: The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society. Example: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers. Example: In subsequent years, Bethlem became 'Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself. Example: The men in white coats will put you in the booby hatch where you belong someday.» casa de los locos = asylum ; mental asylum ; madhouse ; mental institution .
Example: Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients. Example: The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum. Example: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers. Example: Ever since she got outta the mental institution and after Nia bailed her outta jail she stopped stalking people.» 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 ; yell + Posesivo + lungs out .
Example: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off. Example: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something. Example: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly. Example: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense. Example: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice. Example: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'. Example: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'. Example: He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee. Example: In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee. Example: Scared out of her wits, she stepped back and fell into her bougainvillea bush, yelling her lungs out as she fell.» como loco = like hell ; like crazy ; like mad ; like a lunatic ; like a madman ; in a frenzy ; like it's going out of style ; heedlessly .
Example: What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back. Example: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy. Example: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish. Example: It's time to start leading by example and not going around like a lunatic all the time, loosing my cool, raving, saying things in the heat of the moment I don't mean. Example: He was 'driving like a madman' moments before he was involved in a car crash with a lorry, according to an eyewitness. Example: In those days, there was something unsavory about a woman being gripped in a man's embrace while whirling in a frenzy around the dance floor. Example: My pup chases her tail like it's going out of style. Example: The slogan 'Easy Does It' is one way we remind each other that many of us have tendencies at times to overdo things, to rush heedlessly along, impatient with anything that slows us down.» como un loco = like crazy ; like crazy ; like mad ; like a lunatic ; madly ; like a madman ; insanely ; like it's going out of style ; like hell .
Example: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy. Example: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy. Example: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish. Example: It's time to start leading by example and not going around like a lunatic all the time, loosing my cool, raving, saying things in the heat of the moment I don't mean. Example: The only way to stop them behaving madly is to have nuclear states as the opposition. Example: He was 'driving like a madman' moments before he was involved in a car crash with a lorry, according to an eyewitness. Example: Life is so short, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, and forgive quickly. Example: My pup chases her tail like it's going out of style. Example: What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.» conducir como un loco = drive + flat out ; drive like + a lunatic ; drive like + the clappers .
Example: During the last hour of the race, with both drivers exhausted, but still driving flat out, the lead changed hands again and again. Example: A motorist was driving 'like a lunatic' when he caused a crash which killed two teenage passengers. Example: Following in the footsteps of Napoleon, we drove like the clappers towards Moscow along a good quality motorway.» correr como loco = run like + the clappers ; run + flat out .
Example: They can run like the clappers, to boot, and have very few predators. Example: A cheetah running flat out swivels its shoulder blades and flexes its spine to increase the length of its stride and increase its speed.» crecer como loco = grow like + crazy .
Example: The wearable technology industry is growing like crazy and can provide a plethora of benefits to users.» empezar a disparar a lo loco = go on + a shooting spree .
Example: A plumber who went on a shooting spree that left five people dead at a bar shot and killed himself when police surrounded his apartment and ordered him to surrender.» empezar a matar a lo loco = go on + a killing spree .
Example: It is a very odd movie about an expectant mother who goes on a killing spree because her unborn baby is telling her to.» en + Posesivo + años locos = in + Posesivo + salad days .
Example: Mandela, in his salad days, described himself as a communist, and throughout his life allied himself with communists.» en + Posesivo + loca juventud = in + Posesivo + salad days .
Example: Mandela, in his salad days, described himself as a communist, and throughout his life allied himself with communists.» estar completamente loco = be completely mad .
Example: She stared at him as if he were completely mad.» estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker ; be mental .
Example: Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker. Example: The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.» estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits ; thrill + Nombre + to bits ; be tickled pink ; fly + high (in the sky) .
Example: Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out. Example: The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product. Example: She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers. Example: And while they are still hurting, we are still flying high after one of the most improbable title wins we've ever seen.» estar loco de atar = be nuts ; be crackers ; have + bats in the belfry ; be completely mad .
Example: Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?. Example: They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win. Example: Being creatively inclined goes hand-in-hand with a predisposition for behaving as though you have bats in the belfry. Example: She stared at him as if he were completely mad.» estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy ; be over the moon .
Example: They were beside themselves with joy. Example: Obviously I'm over the moon, but the hard work starts now -- it's the first step for me, but hopefully the first of many.» estar loco de remate = be a real nutter ; be off + Posesivo + head ; have + bats in the belfry ; be completely mad .
Example: He seems to be a real nutter rather than someone who becomes gradually ensnared by a cause that appears to have some appeal. Example: Clearly he is off his head and has no idea what he was talking about. Example: Being creatively inclined goes hand-in-hand with a predisposition for behaving as though you have bats in the belfry. Example: She stared at him as if he were completely mad.» estar loco perdido = be nuts ; be crackers ; have + bats in the belfry .
Example: Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?. Example: They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win. Example: Being creatively inclined goes hand-in-hand with a predisposition for behaving as though you have bats in the belfry.» estar loco por = have + a crush on ; be crazy about ; be nuts about ; be crackers about ; be bonkers about ; be dotty about .
Example: How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?. Example: He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back. Example: Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!. Example: He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him. Example: I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship. Example: She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.» estar loco si = who in (their/his/her) right mind .
Example: I nearly bit her hand off, who in their right mind would say no to a selection of underwear from one of the most luxurious knicker brands in the marketplace.» follar como loco = screw + Posesivo + brains out .
Example: Just thinking of her body and him screwing his brains out, gave him an erection.» gastar dinero a lo loco = go on + a spending spree .
Example: During the nineties, perhaps in celebration of their seeming success in making loads of money in stocks, consumers went on a spending spree.» 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 ; yell + Posesivo + lungs out .
Example: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off. Example: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something. Example: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly. Example: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense. Example: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice. Example: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'. Example: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'. Example: He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee. Example: In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee. Example: Scared out of her wits, she stepped back and fell into her bougainvillea bush, yelling her lungs out as she fell.» hacer Algo a lo loco = jump in + guns blazing .
Example: So while no-one should be exempt from criticism, I do feel that people should give her a fair crack of the whip before jumping in guns blazing.» 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 ; close + Posesivo + eyes to ; play it + dumb ; play it + stupid .
Example: In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb. Example: Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be. Example: The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard. Example: She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him. Example: This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor. Example: Sometimes justice closes her eyes to the truth. Example: I knew what he meant but I played it dumb. Example: Playing it stupid isn't always a bad thing and can get you out of a lot of trouble.» idea loca = wild thought .
Example: A wild thought of leaving the DPL shot through her mind and was gone.» loco como una cabra = raving lunatic .
Example: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.» loco de alegría = chuffed to bits .
Example: Khan was overwhelmed by the flood of post landing on her doormat everyday, but is clearly chuffed to bits to know the people care.» loco de atar = stark raving mad ; raving mad ; raving lunatic ; stir-crazy [En general se aplica a una persona activa que se ve afectado por la inactividad] ; barking mad ; barking lunatic .
Example: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose. Example: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius. Example: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas. Example: The 'Undertaker' is a black comedy about a man trying to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town. Example: Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening. Example: That lead me to wonder whether American consumers had simply, collectively turned into a bunch of barking lunatics.» loco de contento = chuffed to bits .
Example: Khan was overwhelmed by the flood of post landing on her doormat everyday, but is clearly chuffed to bits to know the people care.» loco del deporte = sports freak ; sports nut ; sports fiend .
Example: At the same time, all her friends are sports freaks, and they're a rare breed. Example: Loved by sports nuts and superstars, coconut water is the hot new health drink. Example: Surprisingly, the people who responded best to the campaign weren't sports fiends but those interested in arts and literature.» loco del ejercicio físico = fitness freak .
Example: From working out in the gym to cycling around the city to keep that butt taut -- the man is one fitness freak.» loco del fitness = fitness freak .
Example: From working out in the gym to cycling around the city to keep that butt taut -- the man is one fitness freak.» loco de remate = barking mad ; certified madman ; stir-crazy [En general se aplica a una persona activa que se ve afectado por la inactividad] ; raving mad ; barking lunatic ; as nutty as a fruitcake .
Example: Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening. Example: But it is a fact that since Marshall's time only a certified madman would resign the chief justiceship to become governor, let me say. Example: The 'Undertaker' is a black comedy about a man trying to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town. Example: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius. Example: That lead me to wonder whether American consumers had simply, collectively turned into a bunch of barking lunatics. Example: We sure are as nutty as a fruitcake or we wouldn't be here.» loco perdido = stark raving mad ; raving mad ; raving lunatic ; barking mad ; barking lunatic .
Example: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose. Example: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius. Example: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas. Example: Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening. Example: That lead me to wonder whether American consumers had simply, collectively turned into a bunch of barking lunatics.» los locos años veinte = the roaring twenties .
Example: The 1920s are remembered now as an exciting time that historians call 'the roaring twenties'.» más loco que una cabra = as mad as a March hare ; as mad as a hatter ; as nutty as a fruitcake .
Example: I turned and looked into her eyes and knew instantly what I should have known before, that she was as mad as a March hare. Example: She was not so little, about my height, but she was a bag of bones and she was as mad as a hatter. Example: We sure are as nutty as a fruitcake or we wouldn't be here.» ¡ni loco! = Not on your life! ; You won't catch me doing it .
Example: I believe that if I were to ask my colleagues, 'Shouldn't we be collecting blogs?', they would rightly reply, 'Not on your life!'. Example: That's truely roughing it and you won't catch me doing it anytime soon.» no hacer Algo ni loco = wouldn't be caught dead ; wouldn't be seen dead .
Example: A homosexual wouldn't be caught dead wearing vertical stripes. Example: A lot of so called 'fashion' today involves things you wouldn't be seen dead in, but Jeff Banks jeans are not one of those things.» parecer loco = sound + crazy .
Example: I know it sounds crazy, but whitewashing brick or wood is a unique way to provide color to the outside of a home.» ponerse como loco = get + Reflexivo + (all) worked up (about) ; get + (all) hot under the collar ; come + unstitched ; see + red ; get in(to) + a fury ; get in(to) + a huff .
Example: Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'. Example: She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely. Example: When the car ahead of hers chose to stop at the yellow light rather than rush through, she came unstitched. Example: His arrogance, his assumption of her acute need for him, made her see red and she struggled for self-control. Example: Many people get into a fret or a fury over every little thing that goes wrong, and in this way waste a great deal of energy that might be more usefully employed. Example: Nevertheless, he got into a huff and stormed out of the club, causing everyone to chase after him.» ponerse loco = go + berserk ; go + postal ; work up + a lather ; go into + meltdown ; go + ape(-shit) (on) .
Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice. Example: The pressure of the competition finally got to her and her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour disappeared as she went into meltdown. Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog.» roncar como loco = snore + Posesivo + head off .
Example: For Knughy had silently slipped away, rolled out his swag, and was soon snoring his head off.» ser de locos + Verbo = be crazy to + Verbo .
Example: Of course, it's crazy to put down a deposit for a car when so much is still unknown.» sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco) [Abreviatura usada para indicar que el lugar de edición, de impresión, etc., se desconoce] .
Example: The abbreviation s.l. (sine loco) is used to indicate that the name of the place of publication, distribution, etc., is unknown.» tan loco como una cabra = as mad as a March hare ; as mad as a hatter ; as nutty as a fruitcake .
Example: I turned and looked into her eyes and knew instantly what I should have known before, that she was as mad as a March hare. Example: She was not so little, about my height, but she was a bag of bones and she was as mad as a hatter. Example: We sure are as nutty as a fruitcake or we wouldn't be here.» trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes .
Example: Teacher herself is worked off her shoes coping with appeals for help with grammar, style, spelling, and, most of all, providing infusions of energy when authorial spirits run low.» tratar de loco si = who in (their/his/her) right mind .
Example: I nearly bit her hand off, who in their right mind would say no to a selection of underwear from one of the most luxurious knicker brands in the marketplace.» volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a/the wall ; drive + Alguien + to despair ; drive + Alguien + mad ; have + Nombre + jump through the hoops ; drive + Alguien + insane ; drive + Alguien + crazy ; drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend ; drive + Alguien + nuts ; drive + Alguien + potty ; piss + Nombre + off ; push + Nombre + over the edge ; drive + Alguien + dotty ; drive + Alguien + up the pole ; unhinge ; cheese + Nombre + off ; drive + Nombre + wild ; drive + Nombre + to distraction .
Example: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall. Example: Ironically, Weber later changed his attitude and stated that 'a passion for bureaucracy is enough to drive one to despair'. Example: This is a superb translation of the memoirs of the wife of Sado, the crown prince of Korea, who was driven mad and became a serial killer. Example: Dell had me jumping through hoops for two and a half days to no avail and ultimately sent a human tech here to fix my system. Example: As 'The Police' put it in their song, now a long time ago: 'Too much information running through my brain - Too much information driving me insane'. Example: Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth. Example: If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining. Example: Jack's father and wife drove him nuts. Example: I can understand why he wants to go -- he's normally very active and being stuck indoors during the day is driving him potty. Example: And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington. Example: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years. Example: She and her neighbours are being driven dotty by a pesky crow. Example: The two boys rapidly adopted Ardena as their 'baby sister' and teased, harassed her and drove her up the pole as brothers are supposed to. Example: Likewise unscrupulous people frequently seek to pursue their agenda against our better judgement by unhinging us. Example: Again, she too could be just as corrupt as the others, but I have a sneaky feeling that she cheesed someone off, and they decided to put a spoke in her wheel. Example: Would you like to learn which ten tasty treats drive pet birds wild with delight?. Example: His grandmother clearly doted on him despite the fact that his high energy and general boyishness constantly drove her to distraction.» volver loco de remate = make + Nopmbre + stir-crazy .
Example: After returning from Europe, Elizabeth worked an office job that made her stir-crazy.» 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 (over) ; 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 ; go (a)round + the bend ; go + batty ; flip + Posesivo + lid ; go + mental ; go + crackers ; chuck + a wobbler ; chuck + a wobbly ; go into + meltdown ; go + ape(-shit) (on) ; go + nuts ; go + tilt .
Example: 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'. Example: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught. Example: The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'. Example: Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students. Example: The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'. Example: The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'. Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone. Example: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her. Example: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts. Example: That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read. Example: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing. Example: For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind. Example: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for. Example: He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo. Example: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!. Example: The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason. Example: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies. Example: She thinks she's gone around the bend because she keeps dreaming about falling down a rabbit hole into another world. Example: Shortly thereafter, she went batty and began screaming like a banshee. Example: Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'. Example: That wrestler didn't go mental from steroid use from taking lots of blows to the back of the head. Example: We've gone crackers! Quinn and I were looking at Christmas crackers the other day and the prices are just ridiculous!. Example: Under the circumstances, rather than chuck a wobbler, I opted to take a nap. Example: This video was of my eldest son Dion taken while he was chucking a wobbly. Example: The pressure of the competition finally got to her and her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour disappeared as she went into meltdown. Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog. Example: Sometimes I go nuts when I stay inside for too long. Example: I still voice my opinion on the teams performance but I don't go tilt anymore.» volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits ; be chuffed to bits ; be tickled pink .
Example: The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product. Example: Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out. Example: She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.» volverse loco de atar = go + stir-crazy .
Example: Anyone have ideas on things you'll be doing not to go stir-crazy during maternity leave?.» volverse loco de remate = go + stir-crazy .
Example: Anyone have ideas on things you'll be doing not to go stir-crazy during maternity leave?.» volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet ; go + gaga (over) ; be crazy about ; fall + deeply in love with ; be nuts about ; be crackers about ; be bonkers about ; be dotty about ; be gaga in love with ; slobber over ; drool over ; coo over ; swoon over .
Example: A historical work such as this might help us keep from being swept off our feet by every 'new' panacea. Example: Indonesians people should not go gaga over Obama and the fact he once lived in Indonesia. Example: He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back. Example: Apollo fell deeply in love with Daphne, however she did not return his love. Example: Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!. Example: He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him. Example: I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship. Example: She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat. Example: Of course, an intimidated man can still be gaga in love with the strong, smart woman who intimidates him. Example: Maybe, just maybe I am not someone who fawns and slobbers over men. Example: While the majority of women drool over 6-pack abs and chiseled shoulders, most men keep their eyes on either boobs or butts. Example: The sure-fire way to make people coo over your pet is it to dress it up in an adorable outfit. Example: Did you ever dream about being one of those guys that women just seem to swoon over?.