melt down

Spanish translation: pierde control - friquea - alucina - se sale de sus casillas - se agobia - se abruma

04:52 Dec 22, 2016

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Education / Pedagogy / Behavior evaluation

English term or phrase: melt down

Behaviorally, xxxx has had difficulties. He can also melt down due to task demands or directions. He has difficulty making decisions. He can have difficulty relating what happened and an adult needs to investigate the situation. There are times that xxxx can misunderstand and acts out as a result. Most of his outbursts result in self injury or destroy of property. xxx can also be self abusive with himself with words or actions.

Maria Andrade KudoZ activity Questions: 1947 (none open) (47 closed without grading) Answers: 4
Local time: 10:16

Spanish translation:pierde control - friquea - alucina - se sale de sus casillas - se agobia - se abruma

Explanation:
Dependerá del registro que quieras, pero "pierde el control", o "se pone (muy) nervioso" serían opciones neutrales...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meltdown

https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...

Saludos cordiales.

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JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 09:16

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Summary of answers provided

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pierde control - friquea - alucina - se sale de sus casillas - se agobia - se abruma

JohnMcDove

se agobia - se desespera - se angustia - se desanima - se descontrola

Rody Correa Avila

se deshace

Gladys de Contreras

Abatirse, venirse abajo

María

se desanima/desilusiona/desinfla

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

pierde control - friquea - alucina - se sale de sus casillas - se agobia - se abruma

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 09:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1909

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

6 hrs confidence:

Abatirse, venirse abajo

Explanation:
Por el contexto, cualquiera de estas opciones o de las que comenta John encajarían bien. Depende del nivel de "dramatismo" que quieras darle.

María
Spain
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

9 hrs confidence:

se desanima/desilusiona/desinfla

Explanation:
Mi propuesta.

Reference: http://es.thefreedictionary.com/desinfla

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 11:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 334

19 hrs confidence:

se agobia - se desespera - se angustia - se desanima - se descontrola

Explanation:
Dependiendo de la edad, el contexto y nivel de dramatismo que merezca la frase, aplica mejor uno de los términos.

Example sentence(s):

Él también se agobia/se desespera ... debido a las exigencias y lo que le piden que haga.

Rody Correa Avila
United States
Local time: 11:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

3 days 15 hrs confidence:

se deshace

Explanation:
It is a very common expression in Spanish.

Example sentence(s):

Él se deshace ante la adversidad.

Reference: http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&quer...

Gladys de Contreras
Venezuela
Local time: 12:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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