sonado

adj.

talked-about, renowned, famous, well-known.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: sonar.

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sonado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=sonar}}sonar

► adjetivo

1 (conocido) famous

2 (escándalo etc) much talked-about

3 familiar figurado (loco) mad, crazy

4 familiar figurado (boxeador) punch-drunk

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer una que sea sonada familiar to cause a great stir

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ADJ

1) (=comentado) [éxito, noticia] much talked-about; [escándalo, estafa] notorious

ha sido un divorcio muy sonado — their divorce has caused a great stir, it has been a much talked-about divorce

el escándalo fue muy sonado — the scandal was much talked about, it was a notorious scandal

hacer una que sea sonada — * to kick up a stink *

2) * (=chiflado)

estar sonado — to be crazy; (Boxeo) to be punch drunk

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-da adjetivo

1) <boda/suceso/noticia> much-talked-about

fue muy sonado — everybody was talking about it

2)

a) <boxeador> punch-drunk

b) (fam) (torpe) stupid (colloq)

3) (AmL fam) (en dificultades) [estar] in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)

si no hay nadie en casa, estoy sonado — if there's nobody home, I've had it (colloq)

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= resounding failure, resounding, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker.

Ex. How well it is done ulitmately represents the difference between conspicuous success and resounding failure.

Ex. The answer was a resounding yes.

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

Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

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.

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* estar sonado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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-da adjetivo

1) <boda/suceso/noticia> much-talked-about

fue muy sonado — everybody was talking about it

2)

a) <boxeador> punch-drunk

b) (fam) (torpe) stupid (colloq)

3) (AmL fam) (en dificultades) [estar] in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)

si no hay nadie en casa, estoy sonado — if there's nobody home, I've had it (colloq)

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= resounding failure, resounding, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker.

Ex: How well it is done ulitmately represents the difference between conspicuous success and resounding failure.

Ex: The answer was a resounding yes.

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

Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

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.

* estar sonado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

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sonado -da

adjective

A ‹boda/suceso/noticia› much-talked-about; ‹escándalo› notorious

su sonada separación their much-talked-about o much-discussed separation

fue un atraco muy sonado the robbery was much talked about, it was a famous robbery

un caso de espionaje muy sonado a notorious o a very famous spy case

B

1 ‹boxeador› punch-drunk

2 (fam) (torpe) stupid (colloq)

C (AmL fam) (en dificultades) in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)

si no hay nadie en casa, estoy sonado if there's nobody home, I've had it (colloq)

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Del verbo sonar: (conjugate sonar)

sonado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
sonado    
sonar    
soñado
sonado

◊ -da adjetivo

1 ‹boda/suceso/noticia› much-talked-about
2

a) ‹boxeador› punch-drunk

b) (fam) (torpe) stupid (colloq)

3 (AmL fam) (en dificultades) [estar] in a mess (colloq), in trouble (colloq)
sonar (conjugate sonar) verbo intransitivo
1 [teléfono/timbre] to ring;
[disparo] to ring out;

◊ el despertador sonó a las cinco the alarm went off at five o'clock;

soñadoon las doce en el reloj the clock struck twelve;
me suenan las tripas (fam) my tummy's rumbling (colloq)
2 (+ compl)

a) [motor/instrumento] to sound;

[persona] to sound;

◊ suena raro it sounds funny;

sonaba preocupada she sounded worried;
suena a hueco it sounds hollow

b) [palabra/expresión] to sound

3

a) (resultar conocido) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ me suena tu cara your face is o looks familiar;

¿te suena este refrán? does this proverb ring a bell (with you) o sound familiar to you?

b) (parecer) soñado A algo to sound like sth

4 (AmL fam) (fracasar):

◊ soné en el examen I blew it in the exam (colloq);

sonamos we've blown it now (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1

a) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹nariz› to wipe

b) ‹trompeta› to play

2 (Méx fam)

a) (pegar) ‹persona› to thump (colloq), to clobber (colloq)

b) (en competición) to beat, thrash (colloq)

sonarse verbo pronominal: tb

◊ soñadose la nariz to blow one's nose

soñado -da adjetivo (AmL fam) divine (colloq), heavenly (colloq);
ver tb soñar
sonado,-a adjetivo
1 (un boxeador) brain-damaged, punch-drunk
2 fam (chiflado) mad
3 (célebre, muy comentado) much talked of
sonar verbo intransitivo
1 (un instrumento, una melodía) to sound: su voz sonaba a preocupación, her voice sounded worried
(un despertador) to ring, buzz
2 (dar una impresión) to sound: lo que dices me suena a chino, what you are saying is Greek to me
eso me suena a problemas, that sounds like trouble
su propuesta no suena mal, I like the sound of her proposal
3 (ser familiar) su cara me suena, his face rings a bell, ese nombre no me suena de nada, that name is completely unknown to me
4 (ser citado, mencionado) su nombre suena como candidato al premio, his name was put forward as a candidate for the prize

'soñado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
soñar
- sonada
- sonado
- sueño
- campana
English:
undreamt-of

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sonado, -a adj

1. [renombrado] famous;

va a ser un fracaso sonado it's going to be a spectacular o resounding failure;

fue una fiesta sonada the party caused quite a stir

2. Fam [loco] crazy

3. [boxeador] punch drunk

4. RP Fam [fastidiado]

estar sonado to be done for, to have had it;

si no cobramos mañana estoy sonada if we don't get paid tomorrow I'm done for o I've had it

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sonado

adj fam

famous, well-known

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sonado, -da adj

: celebrated, famous, much-discussed