absolutely furious

eine Wút im Bauch haben (inf) — to be seething, to be hopping mad (inf)

mit einer wahren Wút — as if possessed, like crazy (inf)

eine Wút im Bauch haben (inf) — to be seething, to be hopping mad (inf)

mit einer wahren Wút — as if possessed, like crazy (inf)

jdn in Rage bringen — to infuriate sb

sich in Rage reden — to talk oneself into a rage

in Rage sein — be livid (Brit. coll.) or furious

jemanden in Rage bringen — make somebody hopping mad (coll.) or absolutely furious

in Rage sein — be livid (Brit. coll.) or furious

jemanden in Rage bringen — make somebody hopping mad (coll.) or absolutely furious

anda or está cabreado — ( enojado) he's absolutely furious; ( harto) (Chi) he's fed up

anda or está cabreado — ( enojado) he's absolutely furious; ( harto) (Chi) he's fed up

Ex: The article is entitled ' Pissed Off: The Ethnography of a Heavy Metal Musician'.

se mettre or entrer dans une rage folle — to fly into a rage

avoir la rage au cœur or au ventre — (colloq) to (inwardly) seethe with rage

faire rage — [maladie, concurrence] to be rife; [épidémie, incendie, bataille] to rage

faire rage [bataille, tempête, incendie] — to rage

tanto alcohol le va a reventar el hígado — all this drink is going to do his liver in *

lo reventaron a palos — they beat the living daylights out of him *

te voy a reventar a patadas — I'm going to kick your face in *

si me desobedece lo reviento — if he doesn't obey me, I'll kill him *

un grupo de sindicalistas intentó reventar la intervención del conferenciante — a group of trade union members heckled the delegate's speech o tried to shout down the delegate during his speech

me revienta que nos traten así — being treated like that really bugs me *

hacer reventar — [+ neumático] to burst; [+ costuras] to split

necesito entrar al baño, voy a reventar — I need to go to the toilet, I'm bursting *

reventaba por ver lo que pasaba — he was dying o bursting to see what was going on

revienta por saber lo que dicen — she's dying o bursting to know what they're saying

por mí como si revientas — you can drop dead for all I care *

que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)

cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)

estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)

trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal — that patronizing tone of his really gets me (colloq)

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)

cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)

estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)

trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal — that patronizing tone of his really gets me (colloq)

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

Ex: 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.

no comprendo cómo ha podido pasar esto — I don't see o understand how this could have happened

• hacer comprender algo a algn, esto bastó para hacernos comprender su posición — this was all we needed to understand his position

• hacerse comprender — to make o.s. understood

comprendemos perfectamente que haya gente a quien le molesta el tabaco — we fully understand o appreciate that some people are bothered by smoking

la colección comprende cien discos y cuarenta libros — the collection consists of o frm comprises a hundred records and forty books

el primer tomo comprende las letras de la A a la G — the first volume covers o frm comprises letters A to G

el período comprendido entre 1936 y 1939 — the period from 1936 to 1939 o between 1936 and 1939

¡ya comprendo! — now I see!, I get it (now)! *

como tú comprenderás, no soy yo quién para juzgarlo — as you will appreciate o understand, I'm not the best person to judge him

¿comprendido? — do you understand? (colloq)

¿comprendido? — do you understand? (colloq)

Ex: Thus, a predominant feature of such software packages is the user related interfaces, which permit a non-programmer to comprehend and interrogate the data stored.

morire sul nascere — fig. [ progetto] to die o wither on the vine

morire di fame — to starve to death, to die of starvation; fig. to be starving

morire di freddo o assiderato to freeze to death; sto morendo di freddo fig. I'm freezing; muoio di sete fig. I'm dying of thirst; sto morendo dal o di sonno fig. I'm asleep on my feet; morire di curiosità fig. to be dying o burning with curiosity; morire di paura, di noia fig. to be frightened, bored to death; morire dal ridere fig. to kill oneself o die laughing; morire di vergogna fig. to die a thousand deaths; morire dalla voglia di qcs., di fare qcs. to be dying o pining for sth., to do sth.; meglio morire o preferirei morire piuttosto che I'd sooner o rather die than; preferirei morire! I'd die first! muore per lui she's pining for him; mi fa morire con le sue battute — fig. his jokes just kill me

è bella da morire — she's ravishing o incredibly beautiful

essere duro a morire — [ persona] to die hard

morire dietro a qcn. — colloq. to be dying for sb.

chi non muore si rivede! — prov. long time no see!

me da rabia — it makes me mad o infuriates me

¡qué rabia! — (=ira) isn't it infuriating!; (=pena) what a pity!

es fea con rabia — she's as ugly as sin *

tener rabia a algn — to have a grudge against sb, have it in for sb *

el maestro le tiene rabia — the teacher has it in for him *, the teacher doesn't like him

no sabes la rabia que me da que... — you've no idea how much it annoys o irritates me that...

tenerle rabia a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

no sabes la rabia que me da que... — you've no idea how much it annoys o irritates me that...

tenerle rabia a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

Ex: In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.

faire salle comble — ( pour une conférence) to have a capacity audience; ( à un spectacle) to play to packed houses

être à son comble — [émotion, suspense] to be at its height

c'est un or le comble! — (colloq) that's the limit!

de fond en comble — [fouiller, nettoyer] from top to bottom; [changer, détruire] completely

ser una fiera para algo — (fam) to be great o fantastic at something (colloq)

ese perro es una fiera — that dog is fierce o vicious

mi suegra es una fiera — my mother-in-law is a real dragon (colloq)

se puso como or hecho una fiera — he went wild (colloq)

ser una fiera para algo — (fam) to be great o fantastic at something (colloq)

ese perro es una fiera — that dog is fierce o vicious

mi suegra es una fiera — my mother-in-law is a real dragon (colloq)

se puso como or hecho una fiera — he went wild (colloq)

Ex: She was very incensed about what she believed was an ignorant remark he made during a sales call.

• ponte en mi lugar — put yourself in my place

• todos se pusieron de o en pie — everyone stood up

• se puso de rodillas — she knelt down

dile que se ponga — tell him to come to o on the phone

• ponerse a hacer algo — to start o begin to do sth, start o begin doing sth

se pusieron a gritar — they started o began shouting, they started o began to shout

si me pongo a pensar en lo que me espera... — if I start thinking o to think about what awaits me...

• ponerse con algo, ahora me pongo con los deberes — I'm going to start on my homework now

• ponerse de algo, ¡cómo te has puesto de barro! — you're all covered in mud!

• ponerse en — to get to, reach

se puso en Madrid en dos horas — he got to o reached Madrid in two hours

• ponerse a mal con algn — to get on the wrong side of sb

se me pone que... — LAm (=me parece) it seems to me that...

Ex: The donning of what Sidney M Jourard has called 'character armour' is another behavioural syndrome with a similar objective.

Ex: The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.