| Principal Translations |
| loco adj | (perturbado mental) | crazy, insane adj |
| | (UK) | mad, mental adj |
| | En el apartamento de abajo vive una vieja loca que habla sola todo el día. |
| | A crazy old woman lives in the apartment downstairs who talks to herself all day. |
| loco adj | coloquial (poco sensato) (colloquial) | bonkers, nuts adj |
| | (UK) | mad, mental adj |
| | Hay que estar loco para aceptar esas condiciones de trabajo. |
| | You have to be bonkers to accept those working conditions. |
loco,
loca nm, nf | (perturbado mental) | madman, madwoman, mad person n |
| | | lunatic n |
| | Se escapó un loco del manicomio. |
| | A madman escaped from the asylum. |
loco,
loca nm, nf | coloquial (persona poco sensata) | fool n |
| | (UK: slang) | nutter n |
| | (male) | madman n |
| | (female) | madwoman n |
| | Mi hija es una loca y no voy a regalarle un auto: ¡no vaya a ser que cause un accidente! |
| | My daughter is a fool and I'm not going to buy her a car: she might cause an accident! |
| loco por algo adj + prep | coloquial (que siente gran afición) | mad about, crazy about adj + prep |
| | (UK) | mad on adj + prep |
| | Los fines de semana, este bar se llena de hombres locos por el fútbol. |
| | Mi hijo adolescente está loco por las carreras de motos. |
| | My teenage son is made on motor racing. |
| Additional Translations |
| loco adj | coloquial (desenfrenado) | crazy, mad, wild adj |
| | | hectic adj |
| | En Las Vegas pasé el fin de semana más loco de mi vida. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. We had a wild weekend to celebrate our graduation. |
| loco por alguien adj + prep | coloquial (perdidamente enamorado) | crazy about [sb], nuts about [sb] expr |
| | | mad about [sb] expr |
| | Todos los días, la cantante recibe cartas de admiradores locos por ella. |
| | Estoy loco por ti. |
| | Every day the singer gets letters from fans who are nuts about her. // I am crazy about you. |
| loco por hacer algo adj + prep | coloquial (con ganas de hacer algo) (colloquial) | bonkers about doing [sth], nuts about doing [sth] v expr |
| | (colloquial) | be dying to go to v expr |
| | | excited about doing [sth] v expr |
| | Mi hija está loca por ir a la fiesta. |
| | My daughter is bonkers about going to to the party. |
| loco por algo adj + prep | coloquial (entusiasmado, ansioso) | be dying for [sth] v expr |
| | | cant wait for [sth] v expr |
| | Estamos locos por la llegada de las vacaciones. |
| | We're dying for the holidays to come round. |
Compound Forms:
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| a lo loco loc prep | (sin pensar) (act) | quickly adv |
| | | without thinking, in a hurry expr |
| | Me decidí a lo loco, y me salió mal. |
| | I made up my mind quickly and it didn't go well. |
| aplaudir como loco loc verb | (con mucho entusiasmo) | clap wildly vi + adv |
| | | clap enthusiastically vi + adv |
| | Después del concierto, el público aplaudió como loco. |
| | After the concert, the public clapped wildly. |
| cada loco con su tema expr | (pide tolerancia) | to each his own expr |
| | | everyone has his own taste expr |
| | Yo no juzgo a nadie, cada loco con su tema. |
| | I don't judge anyone; to each his own. |
| como maleta de loco loc adv | AR: coloquial (sin un objetivo claro) | back and forth adv |
| | | not know whether you are coming or going v expr |
| | | winging it expr |
hacerse el loco,
hacerse la loca loc verb | coloquial (hacerse el desentendido) | play dumb v expr |
| | Cuéntame, yo sé que sabes; no te hagas el loco. |
| | Tell me. I know you know; don't play dumb. |
| juzgar de loco loc verb | coloquial (tachar de chiflado) (UK) | think [sb] is a nutter, take [sb] for a nutter v expr |
| | (US) | think [sb] is a nutcase v expr |
| | En el pueblo juzgaron de loco a Tomás cuando este dijo que había visto un ovni. |
| | Everyone in the thought Tom was a nutter when he said he'd seen a UFO. |
loco al volante,
loca al volante loc nm, loc nf | coloquial (conductor temerario) | crazy driver, mad driver n |
| | Lucas es un loco al volante, yo no viajaría con él. |
| loco citato loc adv | voz latina (en el lugar citado) (in the place cited) | loco citato adv |
loco de amor,
loca de amor loc adj | (profundamente enamorado) | blinded by love expr |
| | | crazy with love expr |
| | | crazy in love expr |
| | | lovestruck adj |
| | Estaba loco por amor y abandonó los estudios. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. People do stupid things when they're blinded by love. |
loco de atar,
loca de atar loc nm, loc nf | coloquial (muy loco) (informal) | raving lunatic n |
| | | nervous madman n |
| | (colloquial) | raving looney n |
| | Pablo está loco de atar, es difícil estar con él. |
| | Pablo is a raving lunatic. It's difficult to be near him. |
loco perdida,
loca perdida loc adj | coloquial (muy loco) | completely crazy adj |
| | (UK: colloquial) | doolally, mental, off your rocker adj |
loco por amor,
loca por amor loc adv | (perdidamente enamorado) | crazy in love expr |
| | | head over heels expr |
| | Está loco por amor a ella. |
loco por ti,
loca por ti loc adv | (perdidamente enamorado) | crazy for you expr |
| | Se ve que Manuel está loco por ti. |
| | It looks like Manuel is crazy for you. |
| ni loco loc adv | (de ninguna manera) | no way interj |
| | | no way, José interj |
| | | never in a million years interj |
| | (UK) | not on your nelly interj |
| | Yo no hago paracaidismo ni loco. |
| | I don't do skydiving, no way. |
| | I don't do skydiving, no way, José. |
| | I don't do skydiving, never in a million years. |
| tomar por loco loc verb | coloquial (juzgar a alguien) | consider [sb] insane v expr |
| trabajar como un loco loc verb | coloquial (mucho, sin descanso) (colloquial) | work like mad, work like crazy v expr |
| | Martín trabaja como un loco en su nuevo proyecto. |
| | Martin is working like mad (or: worked like crazy) on his new project. |
| traer loco a alguien loc verb | coloquial (enamorar, encantar) | drive [sb] crazy in love v expr |
| volver loco a alguien vtr + loc adj | (hacer perder la cordura) | make [sb] go crazy, make [sb] mad v expr |
| | Dicen que la guerra volvió loco al general. |
| | They say that the war made the general go crazy. |
| volver loco a alguien loc verb + prep | figurado, coloquial (irritar, alterar) (colloquial) | drive [sb] round the bend, drive [sb] up the wall v expr |
| | | drive [sb] crazy, drive [sb] mad v expr |
| | (formal) | infuriate [sb]⇒, exasperate [sb]⇒ vtr |
| | Mi hija de dieciséis años me está volviendo loca. |
| | My sixteen year-old daughter is driving me round the bend. |
| volver loco a alguien loc verb + prep | figurado, coloquial (gustar, atraer) (colloquial) | send [sb] into a frenzy v expr |
| | (sexually) | turn [sb] on v expr |
| | Ese apuesto actor vuelve locas a sus seguidoras. |
| | That hunky actor sends his fans into a frenzy. |
| volverse loco v prnl + adj | (perder la cordura) | lose your mind, go out of your mind v expr |
| | | go crazy v expr |
| | (colloquial) | lose it v expr |
| | Es evidente que el sospechoso se volvió loco al descubrir la traición de su mejor amigo. |
| | It's obvious that the suspect lost his mind when he found out that his best friend had shopped him. |
| volverse loco por algo loc verb + prep | figurado, coloquial (entusiasmarse, apasionarse) (UK) | go mad for something v expr |
| | (US) | go crazy for something v expr |
| | Miguel se volvió loco por la pizza de ese restaurante en cuanto la probó. |
| | Miguel went mad for the pizza in that restaurant when he tried it. |
| volverse loco por alguien loc verb + prep | figurado, coloquial (enamorarse perdidamente) (UK) | go mad for [sb] v expr |
| | | go crazy for [sb] v expr |
| | Mi madre se volvió loca por mi padre cuando lo conoció hace cuarenta años. |
| | My mother went mad for my father when she met him forty years ago. |
volver loco a alguien,
volver loco loc verb | (enamorar) | drive [sb] crazy v expr |
| | Esa mujer lo vuelve loco. |
| | That woman drives him crazy. |