| Principal Translations |
| mad adj | US, informal (angry) (figurado) | loco/a adj |
| | (figurado) | histérico/a adj |
| | He was mad after hearing that she broke the chair. |
| | Se volvió loco cuando oyó que ella había roto la silla. |
mad at [sb],
mad with [sb] adj + prep | informal, mainly US (angry with) | enojado con, enfadado con adj + prep |
| | (AR: coloquial) | caliente con loc adj |
| | My dad's going to be mad at me when he finds out I dinged his car. |
| | Mi padre va a estar enojado conmigo cuando se entere de que le abollé el coche. |
| mad adj | offensive, mainly UK (insane) | loco/a adj |
| | | demente adj nf |
| | He was mad and had to be sent to a psychiatric hospital. |
| | Estaba loco y tuvieron que mandarlo a un hospital psiquiátrico. |
| mad adj | potentially offensive, mainly UK ([sb]: foolish, crazy) | loco/a adj |
| | | demente adj nf |
| | You're mad! Don't go in there! |
| | ¡Estás loco! ¡No entres allí! |
| mad adj | potentially offensive, mainly UK ([sth]: foolish, crazy) | tonto/a adj |
| | It would be mad of you to hand in your resignation now. |
| | Serías muy tonto si entregases tu renuncia ahora mismo. |
| mad adj | potentially offensive, mainly UK ([sth]: hard to take in) | de locos loc adj |
| | | disparatado/a adj |
| | | absurdo adi |
| | It's mad to think that in two days' time, we'll be on the other side of the world! |
| | ¡Es de locos creer que en dos días vamos a estar del otro lado del mundo! |
| mad adj | (frantic) | loco/a adj |
| | | desesperada adj |
| | She made a mad dash for the exit when the fire started. |
| | Pegó una loca carrera hacia la salida cuando empezó el incendio. |
| | Pegó una desesperada carrera hacia la salida cuando empezó el incendio. |
| mad adj | (animal: rabid) | rabioso/a adj |
| | The mad dog was shot before he could give anybody rabies. |
| | Le dieron un balazo al perro rabioso antes de que pudiese contagiar a nadie. |
Locuciones verbales
mad | madder |
| drive [sb] mad vtr phrasal sep | (make insane) | volver loco a loc verb |
| | Working 8 am to 7 pm without a break every day is starting to drive me mad. |
| drive [sb] mad vtr phrasal sep | (annoy) | volver loco a loc verb |
| | The way my teen leaves his clothes all over the floor drives me mad! |
| drive [sb] mad vtr phrasal sep | (arouse sexually) (figurado) | volver loco a loc verb |
| | | enloquecer a vtr + prep |
| | Harry's deep, velvety voice drives his girlfriend mad. |