chochear

v.

1 to be senile (viejo).

2 to dote.

Ella chochea por sus hijos She dotes on her kids.

3 to go mad, to turn gaga.

El pobre hombre chocheó por el dolor The poor man went mad with pain.

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chochear

► verbo intransitivo

1 to dodder, be senile

2 figurado (de cariño) to be tender, be soft

■ chochea por su nieto her grandson makes her soft

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VI

1) [por la edad] to dodder, be senile

2) [por el cariño] to be soft

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verbo intransitivo (fam)

a) anciano to be gaga (colloq)

b) (sentir adoración)

chochear por alguien — to dote on somebody

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= dodder, go + gaga, go + soft in the head.

Ex. The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.

Ex. Not saying he is going gaga or anything but it is probable that his memory is not what it was.

Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

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verbo intransitivo (fam)

a) anciano to be gaga (colloq)

b) (sentir adoración)

chochear por alguien — to dote on somebody

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= dodder, go + gaga, go + soft in the head.

Ex: The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.

Ex: Not saying he is going gaga or anything but it is probable that his memory is not what it was.

Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

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chochear [A1 ]

vi

(fam)

1 «anciano» to be gaga (colloq)

2 (sentir adoración) chochear POR algn to dote ON sb

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chochear (conjugate chochear) verbo intransitivo (fam)

a) [anciano] to be gaga (colloq)

b) (sentir adoración) chochear por algn to dote on sb

chochear verbo intransitivo to be senile o in one's dotage

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chochear vi

1. [viejo] to be senile;

el abuelo ya chochea my grandad has gone senile

2. Fam [de cariño]

chochear por alguien to dote on sb;

siempre que habla de sus nietos, chochea he goes all mushy when he talks about his grandchildren

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chochear

v/i fam

be senile

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chochear vi

1) : to be senile

2)

chochear por : to dote on, to be soft on