péter un plomb

Spanish translation: cruzarse los cables

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French term or phrase:	péter un plomb
Spanish translation:	cruzarse los cables
Entered by:	Mariana Zarnicki

16:01 Apr 4, 2010

French to Spanish translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: péter un plomb

-Il faut engager des poursuites, en effet.
- Qu'est-ce que vous voulez ? ***Péter un plomb***, ça nous arrive à tous, qu'on soit avocat ou pas.

Hablan de una abogada que tuvo una conducta inapropiada frente a un juez.

Para Latioamérica.
Muchas gracias

Mariana Zarnicki KudoZ activity Questions: 1023 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (91 closed without grading) Answers: 2081 Argentina
Local time: 13:16

cruzarse los cables

Explanation:
En lenguaje informal es como ofuscarse, estallar, explotar.

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Luis Alvarez
Local time: 18:16

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Muchas gracias :)
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Summary of answers provided

4 +10

cruzarse los cables

Luis Alvarez

5 +5

Estallar, explotar

Montse Tris

a todos nos puede dar un ataque

Irène Guinez

Summary of reference entries provided

Grand Robert

Claudia Iglesias

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Estallar, explotar

Explanation:
Se refiere al momento en el que ya no puedes más y explotas. Es bastante gráfico, la imagen es la de cuando saltan los plomos en una casa porque hay una sobrecarga en el uso de la luz.

Montse Tris
Spain
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

cruzarse los cables

Explanation:
En lenguaje informal es como ofuscarse, estallar, explotar.

Luis Alvarez
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Muchas gracias :)

13 hrs confidence:

a todos nos puede dar un ataque

Explanation:
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Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: French

Reference comments

2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Grand Robert

Reference information:
¨ a Loc. fig. et fam. Péter les plombs : perdre son contrôle, devenir fou (→ Disjoncter). | « Un cadre supérieur surmené se met à “péter les plombs” et (…) à semer la terreur dans Los Angeles » (le Monde, 6 mars 2000, p. 36). | « je ne savais pas que je lui faisais tellement d'effet. Il a vraiment pété les plombs » (Bertrand Blier, Existe en blanc, p. 231). | « Le tango, la nostalgie, il valait mieux arrêter. Je pouvais péter les plombs, avec ça, et j'avais besoin de toute ma tête » (Jean-Claude Izzo, Chourmo, p. 229).

Claudia Iglesias
Chile
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

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