madhouse
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madhouse(
mahd
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haus
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (chaotic or boisterous environment)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la casa de locos (F) (colloquial)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
No matter what bar you go into in Midtown Manhattan on New Year's, it's going to be a madhouse.Vayas al bar que vayas en el centro de Manhattan en el Año Nuevo, va a ser una casa de locos.
b. el loquero (M) (Argentina)
(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).
Regionalism used in Argentina
That club turns into a madhouse after midnight.Esa discoteca se convierte en un loquero después de las doce.
2. (old-fashioned) (pejorative) (psychiatric hospital)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. el manicomio (M) (old-fashioned) (pejorative)
(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).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
If you say that kind of stuff in public, they're going to carry you off to the madhouse.Si dices este tipo de cosas en público, te van a llevar a un manicomio.
b. la casa de locos (F) (old-fashioned) (pejorative)
(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).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Our neighbor is nuts. The guy belongs in a madhouse.Nuestro vecino está chiflado. El tipo debe estar en una casa de locos.
c. el loquero (M) (old-fashioned) (pejorative) (Argentina)
(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).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Regionalism used in Argentina
Well of course this house is cheap! It's across the street from a madhouse!¡Pues claro que esta casa es barata! ¡Está enfrente de un loquero!
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