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berko

Spanish translation: Loco

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00:56 Oct 23, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Slang
English term or phrase: berko
Definition from Lexico:
Out of control with anger or excitement

Example sentence(s):
  • Be Warned: Angry Customers Going Berko! bandt
  • No longer afraid to come out of the locker: going berko for burkinis overland
  • Paul Keating said Australia's security agencies went 'berko' after former journalist John Garnaut helped write a classified ASIO report on China MailOnline
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Spanish translation:Loco
Definition:
a. causar gran enfado o molestia: "Mis hijos van a volverme loca".
b. agradar en gran medida una persona o cosa: "Me vuelven loca los helados y los chocolates".
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Elisa Rey
Argentina
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4 +2Loco
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Loco


Definition from own experience or research:
a. causar gran enfado o molestia: "Mis hijos van a volverme loca".
b. agradar en gran medida una persona o cosa: "Me vuelven loca los helados y los chocolates".

Example sentence(s):
  • El día que los chinos se vuelven locos por el consumo - El Confidencial  
  • Abraham se volvió loco, empujó al DT rival y desató un escándalo en la Bundesliga - La Nación  
  • El nuevo Boca en Europa que vuelve loco a los hinchas - El crack deportivo  

Explanation:
Depende del contexto, otras opciones podrían ser: ansioso, desesperado, frenético.

https://australian_slang.enacademic.com/3527/Go_berko
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Elisa Rey
Argentina
Local time: 11:27
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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