Menudo mosqueo

English translation: (Dylan) really took the hump (when)...

05:30 Jun 16, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / from Spain
Spanish term or phrase: Menudo mosqueo
Menudo mosqueo se cogió Dylan cuando...
MacLeod Cushing
Canada
Local time: 12:27
English translation:(Dylan) really took the hump (when)...
Explanation:
It's an idomatic expression, and we have shedloads of those in English.
"And Dylan got really humpty when..."

For example, these hump/humpty idioms are similar to "get someone's back up":
"And Dylan really got his back up when..."

(I could go on about this for ages, but today I'm off to the beach...)
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Quite aggravated
Cecilia Gowar
4 +1severely pissed off (Br) or pissed (Amer)
Albion Land
4 +1(Dylan) really took the hump (when)...
neilmac
4truly annoyed
franglish
3 +1absolutely hopping
Noni Gilbert Riley
4became very irritated
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3he got really cross (furious ?)
Ellen Kraus


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
truly annoyed


Explanation:
The whole sentence would be of help.

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 21:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 42
Notes to answerer
Asker: That is the whole sentence. I like your translation, works in the context.

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
absolutely hopping


Explanation:
Dylan was absolutely hopping when... [GB]
Dylan went apeshit when .... [US]

Habrá muchísimas formas de expresar esto, y te pongo dos para dar la salida!

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 21:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

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agree  Ma. Alejandra Padilla-LaCour
1980 days
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he got really cross (furious ?)


Explanation:
is closer to the facts than my previous suggestion

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 21:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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severely pissed off (Br) or pissed (Amer)


Explanation:
As there is no context here, something less colloquial might be required, in which case I would suggest 'severely annoyed' or even 'very cross'.

Albion Land
Spain
Local time: 21:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ma. Alejandra Padilla-LaCour
1980 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Quite aggravated


Explanation:
Quite aggravated was Dylan when....
I googled the text and believe Dylan's original reaction was this:
"Dylan came back from the basement just a few minutes later, with a stormy look on his face, bringing the round box I´d won in that unexpected bet. He threw it at me with the same rage that infused his words."
So it is a mixture of anger and disappointment.
http://dylanonthebasementstairs.blogspot.co.uk/


Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 227

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James A. Walsh: Nothing annoys me more than "there is no further context" — there always is! You've clearly done your homework here, so I agree!
12 hrs

agree  Ma. Alejandra Padilla-LaCour
1980 days
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became very irritated


Explanation:
Reference: Larousse Spanish/English Unabridged Dictionary

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 15:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(Dylan) really took the hump (when)...


Explanation:
It's an idomatic expression, and we have shedloads of those in English.
"And Dylan got really humpty when..."

For example, these hump/humpty idioms are similar to "get someone's back up":
"And Dylan really got his back up when..."

(I could go on about this for ages, but today I'm off to the beach...)

Example sentence(s):
  • I get really Humpty if anyone thinks they can impede my access to our land.
  • John got his back up when his parents brought up the subject of college...

    Reference: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english...
    Reference: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/get-someone-s-back-up
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ma. Alejandra Padilla-LaCour
1979 days
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