locoa loca
adjective
1 (no cuerdo) mad; crazy
¿estás loco? are you mad o crazy?; no seas loco, eso es muy arriesgado don't be stupid, that's very risky; una brújula loca a compass whose needle no longer points north; estaba loco de alegría he was mad o wild with joy
andar o estar loco con algo (preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (contento) to be crazy about sth
ando loco con el examen the exam is driving me crazy; está loca con su moto nueva she's crazy about her new motorbike
está loco por algn/algo
está loco por esa chica he's mad o crazy about that girl; anda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra she's mad keen to go to England
tener o traer loco a algn
este asunto me tiene o trae loco this business is driving me crazy
volver loco a algn to drive sb mad; drive sb round the bend
el marisco me vuelve loco I'm crazy about seafood
volverse loco to go insane; go mad
estoy para volverme loco I'm at my wits' end; este caos es para volverse loco this is absolute chaos
estar loco de atar o de remate to be stark raving mad
estar más loco que una cabra to be as mad as a hatter
no lo hago ni loco no way will I do that (familiar)
hacer algo a lo loco to do sth any old how
loco de verano (S. Cone) cracked; crazy
lunatic; madman/madwoman
el loco de César se ha comprado otro coche that lunatic o madman César has bought another car; esta es una casa de locos this place is a madhouse
correr como un loco to run like mad
gritar como un loco to shout like a madman; shout one's head off
hacerse el loco to act the fool
es un loco perdido he's stark raving mad
ponerse como un loco to start acting like a madman/madwoman
cada loco con su tema everyone has their own axe to grind
(Chile) abalone; false abalone