madden

enfurecer

madden(mah-dihn)

transitive verb phrase

1. (to make angry)

a. enfurecer

Nothing maddens me more than litterbugs.

Las personas que tiran basura son lo que me enfurece más.

b. enfadar

It really maddens my dad when someone cuts him off on the highway.

De verdad enfada a mi papá cuando alguien se le atraviesa en la carretera.

2. (to drive insane)

a. desquiciar

(colloquial)

(figurative)

Why don't you want to stay at my apartment? - Because the leaky faucet in your kitchen maddens me to the point where I can't sleep.

¿Por qué no quieres quedarte en mi apartamento? - Porque la llave que gotea en tu cocina me desquicia hasta el punto que no puedo dormir.

b. enloquecer

I hate camping. The buzzing of insects maddens me.

Odio ir de acampada. Me enloquece el zumbido de los insectos.

c. trastornar

I go to Starbucks every day because the sound of the coffee maker early in the morning maddens my husband.

Cada día voy a Starbucks porque el sonido de la cafetera temprano en la mañana trastorna a mi esposo.

madden

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. sacar de quicio, exasperar

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madden [ˈmædn]

transitive verb

(infuriate) enfurecer; sacar de quicio; (make demented) enloquecer

it maddens me me pone furioso; me enfurece; me saca de quicio

she was cold-shouldered by everyone. That maddened me he would not answer them, he would not budge, however much it maddened them he put on that insolent, look which always maddened his father they were trampled to death by elephants maddened by the loss of their habitats - ENLOQUECER OK HERE?

a maddened bull un toro enloquecido