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wild [waɪld]
adjetivo
1. silvestre (not domesticated) (plant); salvaje (animal); agreste (countryside)
- wild flowers -> flores (f pl) silvestres
- a wild goose chase -> una búsqueda inútil
- wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me (familiar) -> no me lo sacarán ni a tiros or (español de España) ni que me maten (Am)
- to sow one's wild oats (sentido figurado) -> darse la gran vida de joven
- the wild West -> el salvaje oeste (americano)
2. furioso(a) (unrestrained) (wind); desapacible, desabrido(a) (weather); descontrolado(a), desenfrenado(a) (person, enthusiasm); descabellado(a) (promise, rumor)
- wild eyes -> ojos mpl desorbitados
- to drive somebody wild -> poner a alguien fuera de sí
3. descabellado(a) (random) (estimate)
- it was just a wild guess -> fue un intento de acertar al tuntún
- wild card -> comodín (m) ; (informática) invitado(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) por la organización; (Sport) incógnita (f) (sentido figurado)
4. (familiar) (enthusiastic)
- to be wild about somebody/something -> estar loco(a) por alguien/algo
- I'm not wild about it -> no me entusiasma mucho
adverbio
también:
- to grow wild -> crecer silvestre (plant)
- to run wild -> estar descontrolado(a) (children, criminals)
- the audience went wild -> el público se desmelenó or enfervorizó
sustantivo
también:
- in the wild -> en estado salvaje (animal)
- in the wilds of Alaska -> en los remotos parajes de Alaska
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wild [uaild]
adjetivo
1. Silvestre, salvaje, que vive en los bosques, en los desiertos, no domesticado, bravo, feroz; que crece o se cría sin cultivo.
- A wild boar -> jabalí
2. Desierto, inhabitado, solitario, despoblado.
3. Turbulento, alborotado, tosco; aturdido, disparatado; atronado, alocado, extraño, descabellado.
4. Desenfrenado, libre, desarreglado, desordenado; extravagante, loco, insensato.
- Wild-eyed -> de ojos huraños
5. Impetuoso, violento; de tempestad, borrascoso.
6. Fogoso, vivamente descoso.
7. Lejano del curso debido, o del objeto propuesto o deseado.
sustantivo
8. Yermo, desierto, paraje despoblado.
- Wild carrot -> zanahoria silvestre
- Wildcat -> atolondrado, irresponsable; se usa mucho hablando de especulaciones o empresas quiméricas
- To run wild -> (a) volver (un jardín, etc.) al estado natural o primitivo, (b) desencadenarse
- To be wild in one’s youth -> tener una juventud borrascosa
- Wild conceits -> disparates, desatinos, desvaríos
Gato silvestre.
"wild" en el foro de Respuestas
| P: | why is there such confusion in south texas regarding wild hogs and javelinas |
| R: | Even a domestic hog or sow can be pretty nasty & big. Not those cute little pink piglets that you think of.. |
| P: | Wild and crazy balloons |
| R: | HIIIIIIIIIII |
| P: | Expressions: Don't give up the day job.. & Take a wild guess... |
| R: | I saw the following example given by Gus on a different thread. *'si no mejoras tus chistes te morirás de hambre or dont quit your day job'* |
| P: | Wild goose chase... |
| R: | Just to confirm what Steve says, snipe hunting is an old tradition in the Boy Scouts. Tenderfeet are sent out on this important mission, and are told… |
| P: | Does Rio Bravo mean wild river? |
| R: | Rio Grande is called Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico. Bravo has many meanings in English, look them up and choose another one than that please you better.. |
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- wind-bound
- winded
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- windfall
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- wind-gauge
- windiness
- winding
- windlass
- windle
- windmill
- window
- windpipe
- windrow
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