volverse loco
/bolbeɾse loko/from spelling rules
To go bananas in Spanish is volverse loco.
The expression volverse loco is an informal way to express the idea of going bananas. While it can be used to describe someone losing their mind in a clinical sense, in many contexts it is used idiomatically to mean becoming extremely excited or losing control due to emotion.
Meaning: become very excited (verb)
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective loco must agree in gender with the person who is becoming excited, so use loca for a female. The adjective loco must agree in number with the subject, so use locos for a group of people.
Did you know?
- If you are in Spain and someone says you are 'going bananas' in a playful sense, they might say you are estar como una regadera, which literally translates to 'being like a watering can'.
- The word loco may have roots in the Arabic word for 'stupid', suggesting that the concept of 'going bananas' has linguistic ties to the history of Al-Andalus.
- The word loco is used in many Spanish-speaking countries as a colloquial term of endearment or a casual way to address a friend, similar to 'dude' or 'mate'.
Examples in context
- Me estoy volviendo loco.I'm going crazy.
- Me estás volviendo loco.You're driving me crazy.
- Me puse como una cabra cuando escuché la noticia.I went bananas when I heard the news.
- Estoy enloqueciendo con tanto trabajo.I'm going crazy with so much work.
- Mi jefe está enloqueciendo por los detalles.My boss is going crazy over the details.
- En este proyecto, la situación se volvió alocada en poco tiempo.In this project, the situation went bananas in no time.
- La gente se volvió loca con la noticia.People went bananas with the news.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries loco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
