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English translation: stop ruminating over

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Spanish term or phrase:	enroscarse
English translation:	stop ruminating over
Entered by:	Alicia Orfalian

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19:12 Sep 25, 2009

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Art/Literary - Psychology

Spanish term or phrase: enroscarse

From a psychological article (Argentina):

... mientras que otras corrientes psicológicas consideran necesario que el paciente deje de "enroscarse" con recuerdos o situaciones que le hacen daño ...

The meaning would be "darle vueltas" but I can't think of the equivalent expression in colloquial English.

Many thanks in advance!
Alicia

Alicia Orfalian KudoZ activity Questions: 189 (4 open) (2 without valid answers) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 1779 Argentina
Local time: 13:13

stop ruminating over painful memories or circumstances

Explanation:
Ya.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-09-25 22:14:14 GMT)
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In psychological/psychotherapy contexts, I think you will find that "ruminate" is used a good deal more frequently than "brood"; the former has a purely clinical meaning, whereas the latter has a negative connotation.

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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 12:13

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Thanks Robert!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

brood

Speedword

5 +2

stop ruminating over painful memories or circumstances

Robert Forstag

become consumed, obsess, dwell, embroiled

yolanda Speece

dwell on/upon, keep going back over, revisit,

mgdletters

(stop) going over

Julie Waddington

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

brood

Explanation:
To brood over a problem: dar vueltas a un problema

to brood: to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brood

to brood about someone or something and brood on someone or something; brood over someone or something
to fret or be depressed about someone or something. Ex: Please don't brood about Albert. He is no good for you. There's no need to brood on Jeff. He can take care of himself.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/brood

Speedword
Argentina
Local time: 13:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

deje de enroscarse con recuerdos o situaciones que le hacen daño ...

stop ruminating over painful memories or circumstances

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 12:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 84

Grading comment

Thanks Robert!

4 hrs confidence:

dwell on/upon, keep going back over, revisit,

Explanation:
Less academic but also related -you could use "dwell upon", "go back over", "revisit"

Example sentence(s):

stop dwelling on those episodes won't help you get over them
stop going back over and over again to...

mgdletters
Spain
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

17 hrs confidence:

(stop) going over

Explanation:
I tried to think how a (Brit English) friend of mine, who was having counselling to cope with a marriage breakdown, described the experience: she talked a lot about not being able to stop going over the same things.

Example sentence(s):

She just couldn't stop going over the memory even though it didn't help in any way.

Julie Waddington
Spain
Local time: 18:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you so much Julie for your input!

1 day1 hr confidence:

become consumed, obsess, dwell, embroiled

Explanation:
envelop is another good word. What happens is that they become so consumed, or "entangled" in the bad memories that it eats them up and they can't find their way out of the turmoil it causes.

"Coiled up" would be another good one.

yolanda Speece
Local time: 11:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Sep 25, 2009 - Changes made by Robert Forstag:
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