histérico

adj.

1 hysterical, nervous wreck.

2 hysteric.

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histérico

► adjetivo

1 hysterical

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 hysteric

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FRASEOLOGÍA

poner histérico,-a a alguien familiar to drive somebody mad, wind somebody up

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histérico, -a

1. ADJ

1) (Med) hysterical

paroxismo histérico — hysterics pl

2) (=nervioso)

no seas tan histérico — don't get so worked up

¡me pone histérico! — * it drives me mad!, it drives me up the wall *

2. SM / F

1) (Med) hysteric

2) (=nervioso)

no hagas caso, son unos histéricos — pay no attention, they're always having hysterics

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I

-ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical; (exaltado)

ponerse histérico — to have hysterics o a fit

me pones histérico — you drive me mad

II

-ca masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric; (exaltado)

es un histérico — he gets quite hysterical about things

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= edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], demented, hysterical, hysteric.

Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. It was in the course of treating hysterical patients in the 1980s that Freud began to form the major concepts of psychoanalytic theory.

Ex. Freud's typical patient in the early years was frequently hysteric -- often female, bright, sexually repressed, bursting with vivid dreams and fantasies, prone to psychosomatic symptomatology.

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* casi histérico = high-strung, highly-strung.

* ponerse histérico = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler.

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I

-ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical; (exaltado)

ponerse histérico — to have hysterics o a fit

me pones histérico — you drive me mad

II

-ca masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric; (exaltado)

es un histérico — he gets quite hysterical about things

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= edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], demented, hysterical, hysteric.

Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex: It was in the course of treating hysterical patients in the 1980s that Freud began to form the major concepts of psychoanalytic theory.

Ex: Freud's typical patient in the early years was frequently hysteric -- often female, bright, sexually repressed, bursting with vivid dreams and fantasies, prone to psychosomatic symptomatology.

* casi histérico = high-strung, highly-strung.

* ponerse histérico = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler.

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histérico¹ -ca

adjective

1 (Med, Psic) hysterical

2

(exaltado): se puso histérico cuando vio la carta he went mad o had hysterics o had a fit when he saw the letter (colloq)

histérico² -ca

masculine, feminine

1 (Med, Psic) hysteric

2

(exaltado): es un histérico he gets completely o quite hysterical about things, he gets in a terrible flap about things

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histérico

◊ -ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical;

(exaltado):

◊ ponerse histérico to have hysterics o a fit;

me pones histérico you drive me mad
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric;

(exaltado):

◊ es un histérico he gets quite hysterical about things

histérico,-a adjetivo hysterical
familiar le estás poniendo histérico, you are driving him mad

'histérico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
histérica
English:
hysterical
- wobbly
- hysterics

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histérico, -a

♦ adj

1. Psi hysterical

2. Fam [nervioso]

estar histérico to be a bag o bundle of nerves;

ponerse histérico to get in a flap;

ese ruido me pone histérico that noise really gets on my nerves

♦ nm,f

1. Psi hysteric

2. Fam [nervioso]

es una histérica she's always getting in a flap

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histérico

I adj hysterical

II m, histérica f hysteric

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histérico, -ca adj

: hysterical

♦ histéricamente adv

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histérico adj hysterical