giddy

giddy
'ɡidi
adjective
(feeling that one is going to fall over, or that everything is spinning round: I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy; a giddy feeling.) vertiginoso; mareado
- giddiness
giddy adj mareado
El comparativo de giddy se escribe giddier; el superlativo se escribe giddiest
giddy
tr['gɪdɪ]
adjective (comp giddier, superl giddiest)
1 (dizzy) mareado,-a
■ heights make me giddy me dan vértigo las alturas
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to feel giddy sentirse mareado,-a
giddy ['gɪdi] adj, -dier ; -est
1) dizzy: mareado, vertiginoso
2) frivolous, silly: frívolo, tonto
giddy
adj.
• atolondrado, -a adj.
• ligero de cascos adj.
• ligero, -a adj.
• mareado, -a adj.
• vertiginoso, -a adj.
'gɪdi
adjective -dier, -diest <sensation> de mareo or aturdimiento

he felt giddy — se sentía mareado, la cabeza le daba vueltas

don't look down, it'll make you giddy — no mires hacia abajo que te va a dar vértigo


I
['ɡɪdɪ]
ADJ (compar giddier) (superl giddiest) (=dizzy) mareado; (=causing dizziness) [height, speed] vertiginoso; (of character) atolondrado, ligero de cascos

to feel giddy — sentirse mareado

it makes me giddy — me marea, me da vértigo


II
['ɡɪdɪ]
EXCL

giddy up! — (to horse) ¡arre!

* * *
['gɪdi]
adjective -dier, -diest <sensation> de mareo or aturdimiento

he felt giddy — se sentía mareado, la cabeza le daba vueltas

don't look down, it'll make you giddy — no mires hacia abajo que te va a dar vértigo


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