Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
desborde de histeria
English translation:
hysterical outbursts
Added to glossary by
Sara Pacheco
Apr 23, 2008 20:14
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
Uruguay
desborde de histeria
Spanish to English
Other
Journalism
En la descripción de un concierto:
Hubo tumultos y desmayos causados por insolación y desborde de histeria.
Gracias de nuevo!
Hubo tumultos y desmayos causados por insolación y desborde de histeria.
Gracias de nuevo!
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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hysterical outbursts
Another option...
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. This was the one I used in my translation."
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6 mins
outpourings of hysteria
how about this?
Peer comment(s):
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LiaBarros
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thanks
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MSuderman
: this was also what first came to my mind, but isn't "outpouring" usually used for something positive? Like "an outpouring of goodwill"?
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Not necessarily. You can have outpourings of grief too!
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Carol Gullidge
: doesn't quite collocate
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6 mins
panic attack
= hysterical fit
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-04-23 20:21:41 GMT)
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alternatively: eruption of hysteria
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-04-23 20:21:41 GMT)
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alternatively: eruption of hysteria
Peer comment(s):
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Kathryn Litherland
: I tend to interpret panic attack as more individual and clinical than hysteria
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Gary Smith Lawson
: I would simply say "panic" which does indeed refer to crowds and I think defines "desborde de histeria" exactly. (ie, desborde = too much, not outbreak, which would be "estallido")
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14 mins
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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mass outbreak of hysteria/mass hysteria outbreak
Another possibility.
Hysteria From: Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Clinical ...
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Consider, for example, the mass outbreaks of hysteria among young women and girls during the 1960's when the rock and roll group, the Beatles, ...
brainmind.com/Hysteria.html - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares
Hysteria From: Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Clinical ...
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Consider, for example, the mass outbreaks of hysteria among young women and girls during the 1960's when the rock and roll group, the Beatles, ...
brainmind.com/Hysteria.html - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Lissou
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Thanks a lot, Lissou!
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Kathryn Litherland
: I like the first option, the second not so much (it's the type of "overcorrection" that I often see in editing non-native speakers of English--we do sometimes use the "of XXX" contruction! (just an observation)
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Thanks a lot, Kathryn. I truly appreciate your comment!
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Sandra Rodriguez
32 mins
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Thank you, Sandra!
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kjmcguire
43 mins
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Thank you, Kelly!
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PB Trans
: or just "outbreaks of hysteria"
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Yes, also. Thanks, Pina!
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MSuderman
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Thanks a lot, Michelle!
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T o b i a s
: with Pina: just "outbreaks of hysteria"
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Thanks for your agree and comment, Tobias!
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eloso (X)
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Thanks a lot, eloso!
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: my suggestion: "outbreak of mass hysteria" http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q="outbreak of mass hyster...
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Thanks for your agree and references!
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