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tocado

touched

adjective toh-KAH-doh Rare

Also means

crazy

Usage Note

Tocado is the past participle of tocar used as an adjective with two very different registers. In formal or literary use it means 'wearing a headpiece' (tocado con un sombrero) — the noun tocado is also the word for a headdress or hair ornament worn at formal events. Colloquially, estar tocado means 'to be a bit crazy' or 'not all there', similar to 'touched' in informal English. Context separates the two senses clearly.

Examples

"Ese hombre está un poco tocado."

Natural Translation

That man is a little crazy.

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