enloquecer
Spanish, verb/enlokeˈθeɾ/
enloquecer is spelled E-N-L-O-Q-U-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enloquecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to drive crazy, madden, drive insane, distract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura”.
What does enloquecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drive crazy, madden, drive insane, distract
- 2
to go crazy, to go nuts, to go insane, to go wild
Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente.
- 3
to go crazy
- 4
to run amok
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura.
verb: 1. Volverse demente, perder la razón, el juicio, el sentido de realidad, el pleno uso de las facultades mentales para obrar con lógica. 2. Gustar con gran intensidad, sentir una fuerte atracción o pasión por algo o alguien. 3. Dejar, una planta o árbol, de dar fruto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enloquecer
- enloquezco first-person present singular
- enloquecí first-person preterite singular
- enloquecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- enloqueciendo gerund
- enloquecida feminine participle past
- enloquecidos masculine participle past
- enloquecidas feminine participle past
- enloqueces indicative informal present
- enloquecés indicative informal present
- enloquece indicative present singular
- enloquecemos first-person indicative plural
- enloquecéis indicative plural present
- enloquecen indicative plural present
- enloquecía first-person imperfect indicative
- enloquecías imperfect indicative second-person
- enloquecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enloquecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enloquecer?
- /enlokeˈθeɾ/
- [ẽn.lo.keˈθeɾ]
- /enlokeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enloquecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enloquecer in Spanish?
enloquecer appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).