desquiciar
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desquiciar(
dehs
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kee
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syahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. to take off its hinges
El carpintero desquició la puerta para arreglarla.The carpenter took the door off its hinges to repair it.
b. to unhinge
Desquicié la ventana y la puse sobre el piso.I unhinged the window and placed it on the floor.
2. (colloquial) (figurative) (to drive to insanity)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. to drive crazy (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Puedes bajar el volumen? Me vas a desquiciar.Can you turn the volume down? You're going to drive me crazy.
b. to drive mad (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Los periodistas me desquiciaron con tantas preguntas.The journalists drove me mad with all those questions.
desquiciarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
a. to come off its hinges
El viento hizo que la puerta se desquiciara.The wind made the door come off its hinges.
a. to get out of control
La situación se desquició, y tuvo que intervenir la policía.The situation got out of control, and the police had to intervene.
5. (colloquial) (figurative) (to go insane)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. to go crazy (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Me desquicié cuando vi a mi novio besando a mi mejor amiga.I went crazy when I saw my boyfriend kissing my best friend.
b. to go mad (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Un cliente se desquició porque había un pelo en su plato.A customer went mad because there was a strand of hair in his dish.
c. to become unhinged (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
Fiorella se desquició y tuvo que ser llevada a un hospital psiquiátrico.Fiorella became unhinged and had to be institutionalized.
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