loony
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This word may also be spelled "looney."
loony(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (person lacking sanity)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el loco (M), la loca (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Your dad is a loony. - Nah, he's a little different, but really, he's a genius.Tu papá es un loco. No, es solo que es un poco diferente, pero la verdad es que es un genio.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
2. (colloquial) (lacking sanity)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. chiflado (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Those are people loony. I don't get them at all.Esas personas están chifladas. No los entiendo en absoluto.
b. disparatado (idea)
What seemed like a loony idea at the time turned into one of the most revolutionary companies of the century.Lo que parecía una idea disparatada en ese entonces se convirtió en una de las empresas más revolucionarias del siglo.
c. chalado (colloquial) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
You're going to go swimming in the river in the middle of the winter? You're loony, man.¿Te vas a bañar en el río en pleno invierno? Estás chalado, tío.
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