el auto de sombrero

English translation: car wrapped round a lamp post

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Spanish term or phrase:el auto de sombrero
English translation:car wrapped round a lamp post
Entered by: bcsantos

20:34 Oct 4, 2019
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Spanish term or phrase: el auto de sombrero
Esta es una expresión muy irónica que se refiere a "tener un accidente de tránsito". Aquí algunos ejemplos:
- (Profesor de manejo al alumno) Preste atención al tránsito, si no, se va a poner el auto de sombrero.
- (Madre estresada a sus hijos chicos) ¡Déjense de molestar, o vamos a terminar con el auto de sombrero!
Y aquí algún enlace:
https://aventurachalten.com.ar/estaban-enfiestados-y-se-pusi...

La traducción que busco no es "car upside down", me interesa algo más imaginativo, irónico, de humor negro.
Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 10:39
car wrapped round a lamp post
Explanation:
A suggestion.

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https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/29/driver-miraculously-survives-...
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Images for wrapped the car round a lamp post

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https://www.google.com/search?q=wrapped the car round a lamp...

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Sorry! Ignore the second link. Here is the full link for pictures of cars wrapped round lamp post. Might prove useful.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wrapped the car round a lamp...


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bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 14:39
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4 +2car wrapped round a lamp post
bcsantos
3end up shaving our heads with the pavement
Daniel Hall


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end up shaving our heads with the pavement


Explanation:
No es una traducción literal, y no es por nada una frase común (creo que yo la inventé) pero me parece un buen ejemplo de humor negro, y se entiende en el contexto (raparse/pelarse la cabeza con el pavimento).

Example sentence(s):
  • Watch the road, or we'll end up shaving our heads with the pavement.
Daniel Hall
United States
Native speaker of: English
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
car wrapped round a lamp post


Explanation:
A suggestion.

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Note added at 1 day 23 hrs (2019-10-06 19:57:13 GMT)
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https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/29/driver-miraculously-survives-...
Images for wrapped the car round a lamp post




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Note added at 1 day 23 hrs (2019-10-06 19:57:29 GMT)
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Images for wrapped the car round a lamp post

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Note added at 1 day 23 hrs (2019-10-06 19:58:45 GMT)
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https://www.google.com/search?q=wrapped the car round a lamp...

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Note added at 1 day 23 hrs (2019-10-06 20:04:15 GMT)
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Sorry! Ignore the second link. Here is the full link for pictures of cars wrapped round lamp post. Might prove useful.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wrapped the car round a lamp...




bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 14:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Hall: This is just as valid as the translation I gave.
22 hrs
  -> Yes! Thanks.

agree  Adrian MM.: 'Give my love to Main Street'
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Ha ha! Thanks.
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