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el orate, la orate
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
1. (old-fashioned) (insane person)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. lunatic (old-fashioned)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
Hernán acabó en la casa de orates, como lo llamaba la gente entonces.Hernan ended up in a lunatic asylum, as people called it back then.
2. (colloquial) (foolish person)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. lunatic
Sara dice que los que están en contra de las vacunas son un puñado de orates.Sara says those people who are against vaccines are a bunch of lunatics.
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