chalado

adj.

crazy, mad, batty, insane.

f. & m.

crackpot, basket case, crank, cuckoo.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: chalar.

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chalado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=chalar}}chalar

► adjetivo

1 (loco) mad, crazy, nuts

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar chalado,-a por algo/alguien to be mad about something/somebody, be crazy about something/somebody

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(f. - chalada)

adj.

nutty, crazy

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I

-da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

II

-da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)

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= nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.

Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.

Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex. When squirrels are acting 'nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

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* chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.

* estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

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I

-da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

II

-da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)

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= nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.

Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex: When squirrels are acting 'nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

* chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.

* estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

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chalado¹ -da

adjective

(fam) [ ESTAR] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

está chalado, no le hagas ni caso he's nuts o crazy, don't take any notice of him (colloq)

¿qué te pasa? estás chalado, tío what's the matter with you? you're out of your mind o you're crazy o you're nuts

chalado² -da

masculine, feminine

nutter (colloq)

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Del verbo chalar: (conjugate chalar)

chalado es:

el participio

chalado

◊ -da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
nutter (colloq)
chalado,-a adjetivo familiar crazy, nuts

'chalado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chalada
English:
crazy
- daft

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chalado, -a Fam

♦ adj

crazy, mad;

estar chalado por algo/alguien to be crazy about sth/sb

♦ nm,f

loony

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chalado

adj fam

crazy fam

(por about)

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chalado, -da adj, fam : crazy, nuts

chalado, -da n

: nut, crazy person

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chalado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest]