Can muñeca mean crazy?

Question

They call a girl's mom "Una muñeca madre" when she killed herself, and went crazy.

Not that I know of. "muñeca madre" sounds like a regionalism of some sort, but I can't imagine how it could mean "crazy". - Gekkosan, May 4, 2010

Can't figure out where the dub is from, maybe Spain I think Spain mostly does the cartoons and stuff. - jeezzle, May 4, 2010

Answer 1

Are you sure they said 'muñeca'? Couldn't that have been 'maniaca'?:

maníaco, ca o maniaco, ca.

1. adj. Que padece manía. U. t. c. s.

manía.

(Del lat. man?a, y este del gr. ?????).

1. f. Especie de locura, caracterizada por delirio general, agitación y tendencia al furor.

2. f. Extravagancia, preocupación caprichosa por un tema o cosa determinada.

3. f. Afecto o deseo desordenado. Tiene manía por las modas.

4. f. coloq. ojeriza.

If indeed they said 'muñeca madre' then I'm sorry but that doesn't really make any sense to me, maybe it only made sense within the context of the TV show you were watching .

Answer 2

Yeah, I am certainly curious. Soon I will released more notes before I attend to the final part of El convento.

Answer 3

Maybe a "doll" mother, as in she wasn't real? She was a crazy lady and not a "real" person?

Nice thought, they actually said "The doll mother leads to a doll daughter" meaning she would be crazy too? It was wierd. - jeezzle, May 4, 2010

Answer 4

doesn't "una muñeca" mean doll. maybe "una muñeca madre" is sometype of slang or something?? sorry can't be of help but you've got be curious.

Answer 5

muñeca also means wrist, but either form of it doesn't make sense in this context. They probably said maníaca madre, which is equivalent to maniac momma