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poli
August 09, 2011, 05:50 PM
I know it means half crazy, but it's not in dictionaries I have looked at.
Is the term specific to Colombia?
Luna Azul
August 09, 2011, 06:56 PM
I know it means half crazy, but it's not in dictionaries I have looked at.
Is the term specific to Colombia?

I'm Colombian and I have never heard that word. It may be a new word, I haven't lived in Colombia for several years.. :)
AngelicaDeAlquezar
August 10, 2011, 08:19 AM
Perhaps it's with a "zambiloco", from "zambo" (bowlegged).
I've never heard it, but I'll speculate with an expression that sounds rather graphic to me for someone going crazy: walking around disorderly and shaking their head. :D
poli
August 10, 2011, 09:20 AM
This is a paraphrase of what was said:

Salí del dentista sambiloco (o zambiloco) por tanta anestesia que me dio.
No pude encontrar la salida de la clínica.
AngelicaDeAlquezar
August 10, 2011, 09:45 AM
Well, he obviously can't walk straight and his head is turning around. :dancingman:
languagelover
August 10, 2011, 10:05 AM
I found this definition http://usuarios.multimania.es/americalatina/z.htm

Never heard of it before myself.
poli
August 10, 2011, 10:09 AM
Thank you languagelover for the definitive answer, and thanks everyone
else also.
Luna Azul
August 10, 2011, 10:32 AM
Mmm.. my antivirus said that page is dangerous.. :(

"Address: <snip>
Trend Micro has confirmed that this website can transmit malicious software or has been involved in online scams or fraud."

I decided not to open it.. :o
poli
August 10, 2011, 11:13 AM
Just google it. The answer is there without having to click on it. I googled sambiloco before posing the question to Tomísismo. I never occurred to me to check zambiloco as Angélica suggested.
Rusty
August 10, 2011, 01:48 PM
Here is what it says on that page:
zambiloco-a: (Col). Alocado, inquieto.
aleCcowaN
August 11, 2011, 04:55 AM
Specifically, many of the instances seem to come from the city that "... tiene tren, pero no tiene tranvía" and its region.
poli
August 11, 2011, 08:28 AM
Una ciudad que tiene tren pero no tiene tranvía:thinking:Bs As, NYC, DF :erm:
¿Cuál ciudad?
aleCcowaN
August 11, 2011, 09:01 AM
Una ciudad que tiene tren pero no tiene tranvía:thinking:Bs As, NYC, DF :erm:
¿Cuál ciudad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbac8Evecqk
pinosilano
August 11, 2011, 02:33 PM
This is a paraphrase of what was said:

Salí del dentista atontado, aturdido:dancingman: por tanta anestesia que me dió.
No pude encontrar la salida de la clínica.

atontado:
silly, foolish
aturdido:
bewildered, amazed