Chala in english
pronunciation: tʃɑlə part of speech: noun





chalado = nuts ; bonkers ; wacky ; nutter ; cuckoo ; off + Posesivo + nut ; potty ; kook ; nutty ; daffy ; space cadet ; off + Posesivo + knocker ; off + Posesivo + rocker ; barmy ; gormless ; dotty ; batty ; mad ; moonstruck ; nutcase ; loopy ; nutsy ; dingbat.
Example: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Example: This client was bonkers, but believable.Example: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline = 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.Example: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.Example: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.Example: 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.Example: The press may be free, but the system is potty.Example: 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.Example: When squirrels are acting 'nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.Example: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.Example: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.Example: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Example: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Example: 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.Example: I have now resorted at pipping at people walking down the pavement and waving out the window, most wave back but they look very gormless, but normally with a smile.Example: Everyone thinks she's just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth.Example: My very intelligent, yet slightly batty girlfriend has an interesting theory.Example: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Example: 'Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family = 'Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Example: There is no way that Americans are stupid enough to allow such a nutcase to become the most powerful man in the world.Example: A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours.Example: This little tidbit of her life didn't come to light until about a month ago, but its helped me understand why she's so nutsy.Example: Leave her alone, she's such a dingbat, things would only get worse trying to make sense out of anything she says.more:
» chalado perdido = as daft as a brush ; stir-crazy [En general se aplica a una persona activa que se ve afectado por la inactividad] ; knucklehead .
Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done. Example: The 'Undertaker' is a black comedy about a man trying to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town. Example: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two.» estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker ; be mental ; be nuts ; be crackers ; have + bats in the belfry .
Example: Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker. Example: The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit. Example: Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?. Example: They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win. Example: Being creatively inclined goes hand-in-hand with a predisposition for behaving as though you have bats in the belfry.» estar chalado por = be crazy about ; be nuts about ; be crackers about ; be bonkers about ; be dotty about ; have + a crush on ; be hung up on .
Example: He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back. Example: Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!. Example: He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him. Example: I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship. Example: She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat. Example: How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?. Example: The only trouble is she's still totally hung up on her ex-boyfriend, even after 6 months!.» volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker ; go + batty ; go + mental .
Example: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies. Example: Shortly thereafter, she went batty and began screaming like a banshee. Example: That wrestler didn't go mental from steroid use from taking lots of blows to the back of the head.» volverse chalado perdido = go + stir-crazy .
Example: Anyone have ideas on things you'll be doing not to go stir-crazy during maternity leave?.