La Palabra del Día : loco

Question

loco (adjective) crazy

Post your sentences in Spanish and English, then vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes and language correctness.

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Es un mundo loco

It is a crazy world.

Es un mundo loco? perhaps :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

A typo Vaanz: "el mundo" .... Or the way Kiwi says :) - culé, Mar 27, 2011

Yes, Culé is right. "Es un mundo loco" Well done, Vaanz! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 1

“No one can drive me crazy unless I give him the key.”

Nadie puede volverme loca a menos que yo le dé la clave

Nadie puede volverme loca a menos que yo le dé la clave. ( a menos que --> subjunctive) Well done, lovely!! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Thanks so much :) - 00b6f46c, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 2

¿Loco ¿Quien dice que estoy loco?

Crazy! Who says I'm crazy?

Nadie ;) Todoa la gente es loca ;) - EL_MAG0, Mar 27, 2011

Hmm... ser un loco is different from "estar loco" . I think you want to say: ¿Loco? ¿Quién dice que estoy loco? Well done, Joe! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 3

A veces, tienes que hacer algo loco.

Sometimes, you have to do something crazy.

A mi, me gusta mucho este oración, porque ahorita quiero hacer algo loco a mi mismo. - blissinger, Mar 27, 2011

Perfect, sanlee! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

It looks like Melbourne at "Moomba" celebration , Water skiing on the "Yarra River ". - ray76, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 4

¡Tanto trabajo me vuelve loca!

So much work drives me crazy!

Excellent, theresa! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Yay! Thank you! - theresa5, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 5

A veces, mis perros actúan como locos, pero aún así son mis amigos, y me encantan.

Sometimes, my dogs act crazy, but they are still my friends, and I still love them...

"Estar" cannot be used with nouns (like "mis amigos"). - lazarus1907, Mar 27, 2011

Gracias Lazarus!! I didn't realize that - I have learned something new!! - 001a2987, Mar 27, 2011

Mi perro es loco tambien! - amykay, Mar 27, 2011

Not sure if actuar is ok, but if it is, then it should be actúan (perros=ellos). Me encantan/Los amo. = I love them. - Deanski, Mar 27, 2011

Crazy Dog Time happens at my house every day. - Leatha, Mar 27, 2011

...mis perros actúan como locos, pero aún así son mis amigos y me encantan. Good, Chris! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Lol - Leatha and Amy - crazy dog time is definitely fun!! - 001a2987, Mar 27, 2011

Y....muchas gracias Laura!! - 001a2987, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 6

No estoy loco, solo soy muy viejo.

I'm not mad, only very old.

jajajaja ray, as always hilarious! - amykay, Mar 27, 2011

No estoy loco, solo soy muy viejo. ( You can't use the same verb "to be" in Spanish) Great Ray! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

I never knew that cogu, Thank you once again for being so helpful , I hope your reward is in this world , you deserve it now. - ray76, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 7

Si no aprende a hablar, sus hijos estarán locos.

If you don't learn to talk your children will be crazy.

(Picture is from my final project in college, it should be "demented" but that wasn't the word of the day! :D)

Very good , Rabbit! Maybe it will be more common " sus hijos se volverán locos" :) Well done! Nice to meet you last night! - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Thanks! Great to meet you too :D Could I still say "se volverán" even though the rabbit's children aren't born yet? It wouldn't make as much sense in Engish. - rabbitwho, Mar 28, 2011

Answer 8

My life is extremely hectic and crazy right now. Mi vida es muy agitada y loco ahora.

..."agitada y loca " Well done, night! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 9

Puede querer convertirse en el perro más loco.

He may want to become the craziest dog.

Perfect, Fidalgo!!! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Thank you! - Fidalgo, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 10

There is a fine line between madness and genius. Frankenstein was crazy.

Hay una línea fina entre la locura y el genio. Frankenstein estaba loco.

Einstein fue genio. ;) - EL_MAG0, Mar 27, 2011

Bien hecho, mi amigo. - EL_MAG0, Mar 27, 2011

Me suena perfecta tu frase.:) - Deanski, Mar 27, 2011

hmm.. I'd say preferently : "estaba loco" Excellent sentence, pesta! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

With preferently, I'm saying 5% of the times you'll hear -ser loco, and the 95%- estar loco - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Cogu - preferently looks like such a kewl word but I don't think it exists, perhaps preferably :) I like it though, maybe you should keep using it and I'm sure it'd be in the dictionary in just a few decades ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

Oh, my God, this is the third time I make such a mistake! :) Thank you Kiwi, preferably, preferably, preferably..... - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 11

Mis amigos creen que estoy loco porque me vieron hablando solo. Pero no saben que sólo estaba practicando mi gramática en español

My friends think that I am crazy because they saw me talking alone. But they don't know that I was just practicing my grammar in spanish

Perfect, Dennis! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 12

¿Qué están diciendo de mí? What are they saying about me?

Oh, sólo que estás ¡totalmente loca! Oh just that you're totally crazy!

rana, pobre y loca. Muy triste. ;) - EL_MAG0, Mar 27, 2011

Perfect, Kiwi! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 13

Algunas personas creen que es loco estudiar español.

Some people believe I am crazy to study Spanish.

Hey dogwood, nice try I think perhaps it might be something like this: Hay personas que creen que estoy loco para estudiar español. / Creen needs to be plural to go with your personas and you don't need the subjunctive with creer in the positive :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

(hmmm I'm not sure about 'para' in there - now that i look back lol but don't worry I'm sure you'll get some better help soon) :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

Where are they!? I'll send the fairies after them! - rabbitwho, Mar 27, 2011

I copied "Hay quien cree" from the dictionary on this site. I used "algunos personas" first - 0066c384, Mar 27, 2011

...que "es loco estudiar" español. Also : Hay quien cree que estudiar español es loco (una locura) Well done, dogwood! Nice to meet you yestarday! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

ah I stand corrected, sorry dogwood I was looking at 'there are some people' too literally, bien hecho :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

In the English translation, you don't need the "who." - JoyceM, Mar 27, 2011

I just wanted to test the phrase, but I decided to go the more familiar route. Thanks, everybody! :) - 0066c384, Mar 27, 2011

I accidentally left the "who" in from an earlier edit. :) - 0066c384, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 14

Ayer me volví loco, pero hoy, estoy bien.

Yesterday I went crazy, but today, I am well.

Hey, I see you found su novia ;) - EL_MAG0, Mar 27, 2011

That's her. - dc-alien-z, Mar 27, 2011

:) - EL_MAG0, Mar 27, 2011

Ok, that is seriously weird! great costume though! - amykay, Mar 27, 2011

Ayer me volví loca/loco, pero hoy estoy bien. Well done, dcalienz! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

Thanks Laura. I love this makeup amykay. - dc-alien-z, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 15

¡Creo que Pablo Picasso estaba loco!

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I believe that Pablo Picasso was crazy!

That old fue vs era dilema, I'm not sure Rolest but I think I'd go with era? - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

Thanks Kiwi. I changed between the two several times. I hate 50/50 chances. I seem to be right about 1 out of 3 times! - Rolest, Mar 27, 2011

"estaba loco" ... :) I loved the pic, Rolest! :) - cogumela, Mar 27, 2011

lol there we go Rolest, both of us were wrong ja ja, you're right about your 1 out of three - I guess they don't like to say you were inherently loco in Spanish and I guess it's an acquired state so it's logical :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

Yes Kiwi, it does prove the 1 in 3 theory. 1 for you, 1 for me and 1 for cogumela, who is of course the one who is correct. - Rolest, Mar 27, 2011

Gracias cogumela. - Rolest, Mar 27, 2011