He spent the night telling me about his wild plan of turning his house into a bar.Se pasó la noche contándome sobre sus plan disparatado de convertir su casa en un bar.
4.(enthusiastic)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
(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).
there were frantic efforts to get all the wild animals to safety before the bushfire reached themshe was injured when a wild elephant charged at herflocks of wild birdswild turkeys and geese roamed the farmcats have lived side-by-side with the Greeks for thousands of years, not as pets, but not truly wild
wild duckpato (m) salvaje
wild duck with green peppercorn sauceto listen to them, you would think I was some sort of wild mana medieval stone carving of a knight with a sword that seems much more like /the wild man with his club/he can't get on the ship looking like /the Wild Man of Borneo/, darling!beet red and rumpled, he knew he must look like a wild man
wild horses wouldn't drag me theretendrían que llevarme a rastras;no iría ni por todo el oro del mundo
[+plant]silvestre
the lane was lined with wild flowerscommercial crops frequently need infusions of genes from wild varieties
a wild wind from the Arctic Circle swept down through the country
it was a wild nightfue una noche tormentosa or de tormenta
the wild weather did not deter some people from taking an unseasonable dip in the seashe leaped into the wild waters of the storm-tossed seawild seas tossed their little boat up and downit's really wild out there
3(unrestrained, disorderly)[+party]loco;[+enthusiasm]desenfrenado;[+hair]revuelto;[+appearance]desastrado;[+look, eyes]de loco
it was a wild party last night, wasn't it?she would spend her weekends as wild student partiessupporters proclaiming victory with wild enthusiasmhe danced around her with wild enthusiasmthere was wild confusion at the airportthe room was in wild disorderhis hair was wild and uncombedhe had a wild look in his eyes
he invited a bunch of his wild friends roundinvitó a un grupo de amigos locos
he was wild in his youth
he had a wild youthhizo muchas locuras en su juventud
to lead a wild lifethey were wild times
we had some wild times together¡hicimos cada locura juntos!
wild and [woolly]a trek through wild and woolly territory
wild and woolly
a member of some wild and woolly activist groupun miembro de un grupo de esos de activistas locos
a drive of 160 miles through wild and woolly territoryit was a wild and woolly week on Wall Streetyou look a bit wild and woolly - where have you been?
4(emotionally)(angry)
he was wild (with anger)You should have seen him. He was wild!the shopkeeper was wild with angershe could see his face now, his eyes wild and his skin glistening with perspiration"you did what?" Isabel's eyes were wild
it drives or makes me wildme saca de quicio
he went wild when he saw a half-naked photo of his wife in the newspaper
he went wild when he found outse puso como loco cuando se enteró;to be wild with sbestar furioso con algn
(distraught)
I was wild with jealousyestaba loco de celos
Frank was wild with worry
(ecstatic)[+cheers, applause]exaltado;apasionado
they marched into town to the wild cheers of the inhabitantsthe couple were greeted by wild cheering and applauseto be wild with excitementJames was wild with excitement /after winning £1 million in the lotteryto go wildthe crowd went wildthe dog went wild when he saw his masterhis fans went wild when he appearedto drive send sb wildthe poem sent the crowd wild with delightit's pure theatre, and it drives the crowd wildit's pure theatre, and it drives the crowd wild
to be wild about sth/sb: he's just wild about Ingaestá loco por Inga
to be wild about sthIrene was wild about the play
I'm not exactly wild about the ideano es que la idea me entusiasme demasiado;Anthea drives men wild with desireAnthea vuelve a los hombres locos de deseo
to [go] wild
the crowd went wild (with excitement)la multitud se puso loca de entusiasmo;to be wild with joyestar loco de alegría
he had some wild scheme for ...he had some wild scheme for reducing his tax liabilityI was just a child and full of wild ideas
it's a wild exaggerationes una enorme exageración;they made some wild promiseshicieron unas promesas disparatadas
there was a lot of wild talk about ...there was a lot of wild talk about the possibility of petrol rationing
they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreamshan tenido más éxito del que jamás habían soñado
he is rich beyond his wildest dreams
never in my wildest dreams did I imagine winning this muchnunca imaginé, ni soñando, que ganaría tanto
6(haphazard)
it's just a wild guessno es más que una conjetura al azar or una suposición muy aventurada;I made a wild guessdije lo primero que se me vino a la cabeza
to make a wild guesshis prediction is no more than a wild guesshe took a wild swing at his opponentit's a wild shot in the dark, but she just might have gone to see her auntI don't really have enough information but I could make a wild guess if you likeI'd forgotten my tape measure so I had to make a wild guess about the measurements
7(Cards)
aces are wildlos ases sirven de comodines
adverb
1
to grow wildcrecer en estado silvestre
most of the vegetables she used grew wild in the hills around heryarrow can be found growing wild in fields, hedgerows and on waste grounda plantation of coffee shrubs that had been left to grow wild
2
to run wild
(roam freely)[+animal]correr libremente
he believed that wolves still ran wild in the British countrysideMrs Cass said she had bought many of her pets but had taken some abandoned by their owners and had found /others running wild in the street/
[+child]corretear libremente
as children we ran wild in the countrysidethey ran wild with their friends on the beachwe lived in the country and /my parents were happy to let me run wild/to let one's imagination run wildthey allow their feelings temporarily to run wildthe writer had allowed his imagination to run wild
(get out of control)
child, young person
the garden had run wildlas plantas del jardín habían crecido de forma descontrolada
that dog is running wild
Molly has let that girl run wildMolly ha dejado que esa niña haga lo que quiera;you've let your imagination run wildte has dejado llevar por la imaginación;the inevitable result of fanaticism run wildla inevitable consecuencia del fanatismo desenfrenado
the garden had run wildI staked the tomatoes that had run wildthe cabbages had been left to run wild3 boys allowed to run wild by their parents were jailed yesterdayI am not going to do him any favours by letting him run wild
noun
1
fewer than a thousand giant pandas still live in the wildwhen do they breed in the wild?it's a pet and couldn't live in the wild
the wild: animals caught in the wildanimales capturados en su hábitat natural
it escaped back into the wild
untended fields returning to the wildcampos descuidados que vuelven a su estado silvestre;the call of the wildel atractivo de lo salvaje or de la naturaleza
He was working for an insurance company when he answered the call of the wild and headed for deepest Boliviaeven though the lions have been brought up with humans, the call of the wild will still be very strong
2
the wildstierras (f) inexploradas
they went canoeing in the wilds of Canada
the wilds of Canadalas tierras inexploradas de Canadá
to go out into the wilds
to live out in the wildsvivir en el quinto pino (informal)
at that time he was living out in the wilds
they live out in the wilds of Berkshireviven en lo más remoto de Berkshire
modifier
wild beast (n)fiera (f);bestia (f) salvaje
she fought like a wild beast, clawing and scratchingit sounded like the cry of a wild beastgoing to darkest Africa to hunt wild beasts
wild boar (n)jabalí (m)
they had killed a wild boar and were roasting it over the campfire
wild card (n)(Comput)(Cards)comodín (m)
she was sitting there with a fistful of wild cards and I didn't know it
(Dep)invitación para participar en un torneo a pesar de no reunir los requisitos establecidos
André Agassi has accepted a wild card to play in the Stockholm Opencontroversy concerning a wild card entry for the following week's grand prixLos Angeles's 1984 wild-card game with New YorkAlex Higgins has received a wild card entry into the Sky World Masters
the wild card in the picture is Eastern Europela gran incógnita dentro de este conjunto es Europa Oriental
the abstentions are the wild card in this votesomewhere there was a wild card in the pack which nobody had even thought of
