wild

S2 W2

BrE /waɪld/ AmE /waɪld/

adjective en → es

1 NATURAL [attributive / predicative] A2

living or growing in nature, not controlled by people

salvaje, natural, silvestre

  • wild animals/plants

Collocations wild flowers · wild animals

  • The area is home to wild horses and deer.

    El área es hogar de caballos y ciervos salvajes.

2 UNCONTROLLED [attributive / predicative] B1

not controlled or not behaving in a normal way; crazy

locura, desenfreno, frenesí

  • wild behaviour

Collocations wild party · wild ideas

  • The children were running around wild.

    Los niños corrían descontrolados.

3 UNLIMITED [attributive / predicative] B2

very large or great in amount; unlimited

enorme, enorme cantidad de, sin límites

  • wild enthusiasm

Collocations wild success · wild popularity

  • The band's wild success surprised everyone.

    El éxito descomunal de la banda sorprendió a todos.

4 UNRECORDED [attributive / predicative] C1

not written down or recorded officially; unofficial

no oficial, informal, no registrado

  • wild figures

Collocations wild estimates · wild guesses

  • The report contains wild estimates of the number of homeless people.

    El informe contiene estimaciones no oficiales del número de personas sin hogar.

Idioms

go wild B2

irse de la cabeza, volverse loco

  • He went wild when he heard the news.

    Se volvió loco al enterarse de las noticias.

wild card B2

carta salvaje, carta sorpresa

  • The wild card in the election is a new political party.

    La carta salvaje en las elecciones es un nuevo partido político.