Sambiloco

[poli]

I know it means half crazy, but it's not in dictionaries I have looked at.
Is the term specific to Colombia?

[Luna Azul]

Originally Posted by poli

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]

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.

[poli]

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]

Well, he obviously can't walk straight and his head is turning around.

[languagelover]

I found this definition http://usuarios.multimania.es/americalatina/z.htm

Never heard of it before myself.

[poli]

Thank you languagelover for the definitive answer, and thanks everyone
else also.

[Luna Azul]

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..

[poli]

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]

Here is what it says on that page:
zambiloco-a: (Col). Alocado, inquieto.

[aleCcowaN]

Specifically, many of the instances seem to come from the city that "... tiene tren, pero no tiene tranvía" and its region.

[poli]

Una ciudad que tiene tren pero no tiene tranvíaBs As, NYC, DF
¿Cuál ciudad?

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by poli

Una ciudad que tiene tren pero no tiene tranvíaBs As, NYC, DF
¿Cuál ciudad?

[pinosilano]

Originally Posted by poli

This is a paraphrase of what was said:

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

atontado:
silly, foolish
aturdido:
bewildered, amazed