- locura
- f.1 madness.2 crazy idea.3 folly, crazy act, act of madness, piece of folly.* * *locura► nombre femenino1 (perturbación) madness, insanity2 (insensatez) folly\FRASEOLOGÍAcon locura madlyde locura familiar amazinghacer una locura to do something silly¡qué locura! it's mad!* * *noun f.1) folly2) madness* * *SF1) (=demencia) madness, insanity
un ataque de locura — a fit of madness
2) (=exceso)¡qué locura! — it's madness!
me gusta con locura — * I'm crazy about it
es una casa de locura — * it's a smashing house *
precios de locura — * fantastic prices
tener o sentir locura por algn — to be crazy about sb
tiene locura por su sobrino — she's crazy about her nephew
3) (=acto)es capaz de hacer cualquier locura — he is capable of any madness
no hagas locuras — don't do anything crazy
ser una locura — to be madness
es una locura ir sola — it's madness to go on your own
* * *femeninoa) (Med) madness, insanityb) (insensatez) crazy thing (colloq)lo que dices es una locura — what you're saying is sheer madness
cometió la locura de casarse — she committed the folly of getting married
c) (inclinación exagerada)siente locura por la pequeña — she's besotted with the little one
la quiero con locura — I'm crazy about her (colloq)
* * *= frenzy, wild thought, absurdity, folly, derangement, madness, insanity, lunacy, bedlam, craziness.Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.Ex. A wild thought of leaving the DPL shot through her mind and was gone.Ex. It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.Ex. The attempt to train young people in this kind of discrimination seems to me to be a folly, if not a crime.Ex. George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.Ex. The title of the article is 'Methods and madness of migration to micros'.Ex. The early psychiatric profession believed in the effectiveness of reading as a treatment for insanity.Ex. The article is entitled 'Certifiable lunacy or common sense? Combining your adult and juvenile collections'.Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became 'Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.Ex. As for you, try to isolate yourself from all this craziness that have been going around you.----* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.* locuras = zaniness.* parecer una locura = sound + crazy.* * *femeninoa) (Med) madness, insanityb) (insensatez) crazy thing (colloq)lo que dices es una locura — what you're saying is sheer madness
cometió la locura de casarse — she committed the folly of getting married
c) (inclinación exagerada)siente locura por la pequeña — she's besotted with the little one
la quiero con locura — I'm crazy about her (colloq)
* * *= frenzy, wild thought, absurdity, folly, derangement, madness, insanity, lunacy, bedlam, craziness.Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
Ex: A wild thought of leaving the DPL shot through her mind and was gone.Ex: It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.Ex: The attempt to train young people in this kind of discrimination seems to me to be a folly, if not a crime.Ex: George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.Ex: The title of the article is 'Methods and madness of migration to micros'.Ex: The early psychiatric profession believed in the effectiveness of reading as a treatment for insanity.Ex: The article is entitled 'Certifiable lunacy or common sense? Combining your adult and juvenile collections'.Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became 'Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.Ex: As for you, try to isolate yourself from all this craziness that have been going around you.* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.* locuras = zaniness.* parecer una locura = sound + crazy.* * *locurafeminine1 (Med) madness, insanityataque de locura fit of madness2 (insensatez) crazy thing (colloq)hizo muchas locuras en su juventud she did a lot of crazy things in her youth (colloq)lo que dices es una locura what you're saying is sheer o complete madnesscometió la locura de casarse a los quince años she committed the folly of getting married at fifteengastó una locura en ese coche he spent a ridiculous amount on that car3(inclinación exagerada): siente locura por la pequeña she's absolutely mad about o besotted with the little one (colloq)la quiero/me gusta con locura I'm crazy o mad o wild about her (colloq)* * *
locura sustantivo femeninoa) (demencia) madness, insanity;◊ lo que hizo/dijo fue una locura what he did/said was sheer madnessb) (inclinación exagerada):◊ siente locura por la pequeña she's absolutely besotted with the little one;
la quiero con locura I'm crazy about her (colloq)
locura sustantivo femenino madness, insanity: ¡no lo hagas!, ¡es una locura!, don't do it, it's insane!
'locura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enajenación
- esperar
- filo
- borde
English:
craze
- feign
- folly
- insanity
- lunacy
- madly
- madness
- streak
- verge on
- amok
- look
* * *locura nf1. [demencia] madness;la mató en un arrebato de locura he killed her in a fit of madness2. [imprudencia]hacer locuras to do stupid o crazy things;decir locuras to talk nonsense;temía que hiciera una locura I was afraid he might do something desperate;sería una locura hacerlo it would be folly o madness to do it3. [exageración]estos precios son una locura these prices are extortionate;con locura madly;se quieren con locura they're madly in love (with one another)4.una locura [mucho] a fortune, a ridiculous amount;gastar una locura to spend a fortune* * *locuraf madness;es una locura it’s madness;de locura fam crazy* * *locura nf1) : insanity, madness2) : crazy thing, folly* * *locura n madness
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.