dingue

crazy

adjective DANG Less Common

Also means

incredible, wild

Usage Note

Dingue is informal and very common in spoken French, roughly equivalent to 'nuts' or 'bonkers' in English. It can express madness (il est dingue) or amazed admiration ('that's insane!'). The phrase raide dingue means madly in love or completely crazy.

Examples

"C'est complètement dingue comme idée."

Natural Translation

That's a completely crazy idea.

Literal Translation

It is completely crazy as idea.

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