Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Going Gagá




From:

El Diccionario de la Real Academia Española:

Gagá: adj. col. Que chochea a causa de la edad:


el abuelo está gagá, mira cómo se le cae la baba.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

According to English dictionaries, gaga (meaning crazy - he's gone gaga) entered English via French. Presumably the Spanish stole it from the French also, or maybe vice versa.

K

J said...

Gagá is French, but in Spanish is applied to old dements.

Anonymous said...

French

Merkel + Sarkozy = Merkozy

Merkel + Hollande = Merde

Anonymous said...

Zeus is angry

http://www.businessinsider.com/no-way-hollandes-plane-gets-hit-by-lightning-on-his-way-to-germany-forced-to-turn-back-2012-5

J said...

It is none other than Zeus, the Greek God of the Thunder.

Anonymous said...

She is persona non grata all over S-E Asia, where her performances are, for some strange reason, not all considered sweetness and light.

Anon