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desborde de histeria

English translation: hysterical outbursts

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Spanish term or phrase:desborde de histeria
English translation:hysterical outbursts
Entered by: Sara Pacheco

20:14 Apr 23, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Spanish term or phrase: desborde de histeria
En la descripción de un concierto:

Hubo tumultos y desmayos causados por insolación y desborde de histeria.

Gracias de nuevo!
Sara Pacheco
Uruguay
Local time: 00:50
hysterical outbursts
Explanation:
Another option...
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Robin Kongialis
Mexico
Local time: 21:50
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. This was the one I used in my translation.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9mass outbreak of hysteria/mass hysteria outbreak
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4 +5hysterical outbursts
Robin Kongialis
4 +1outpourings of hysteria
bcsantos
4 +1panic attack
PhilippID
4 +1rampant hysteria
MSuderman


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
outpourings of hysteria


Explanation:
how about this?

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 05:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LiaBarros
2 mins
  -> thanks
neutral  MSuderman: this was also what first came to my mind, but isn't "outpouring" usually used for something positive? Like "an outpouring of goodwill"?
4 mins
  -> Not necessarily. You can have outpourings of grief too!
neutral  Carol Gullidge: doesn't quite collocate
26 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
panic attack


Explanation:
= 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

PhilippID
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kathryn Litherland: I tend to interpret panic attack as more individual and clinical than hysteria
34 mins
agree  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")
51 mins
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rampant hysteria


Explanation:
one of a number of options

MSuderman
Local time: 20:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ael
56 mins
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
mass outbreak of hysteria/mass hysteria outbreak


Explanation:
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, ...
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lissou
9 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, Lissou!
agree  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)
22 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, Kathryn. I truly appreciate your comment!
agree  Sandra Rodriguez
32 mins
  -> Thank you, Sandra!
agree  kjmcguire
43 mins
  -> Thank you, Kelly!
agree  PB Trans: or just "outbreaks of hysteria"
56 mins
  -> Yes, also. Thanks, Pina!
agree  MSuderman
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot, Michelle!
agree  T o b i a s: with Pina: just "outbreaks of hysteria"
4 hrs
  -> Thanks for your agree and comment, Tobias!
agree  eloso (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot, eloso!
agree  Bubo Coroman (X): my suggestion: "outbreak of mass hysteria" http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q="outbreak of mass hyster...
11 hrs
  -> Thanks for your agree and references!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
hysterical outbursts


Explanation:
Another option...

Robin Kongialis
Mexico
Local time: 21:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. This was the one I used in my translation.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge
17 mins
agree  Ximena Correa
40 mins
agree  RichardDeegan
1 hr
agree  Carla_am
9 hrs
agree  Gacela20
2 days 6 hrs
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