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It should be known that having chip on one's shoulder is a special kind of
complex. It has been mentioned before, this term may not translate well into Spanish except perhaps in ponerse como leche hervida. Somehow I think this may mean prone to get angry in general which is a little different from having a chip on your shoulder which means to get peeved over a specific thing. The best commonly understood term I can think of is guardar rencor (sobre algún asunto) o sesgo.
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This expression describes a person who wants to quarrel (looking for a fight - peleador). We generally ascribe this attitude to feelings of having been wronged (resentful). This is why I associated it with estar resentido / rencoroso.
Synonyms of the expression are: beligerant, combative, contentious, disputacious, opinionated, quarrelsome or touchy (although 'touchy' sounds a tad weak) |
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I see...
In Mexico, someone always looking for a fight is a "peleonero". ·Deja de ser tan peleonera, nadie te está ofendiendo. ·Juan es muy peleonero, así que deja de provocarlo. ·Esos muchachos son unos peleoneros, siempre están buscando pretextos para golpear a alguien. "Ponerse como leche hervida" in Mexico doesn't say much, but we have "estar como agua para chocolate", which means that someone is already angry (could be about something unrelated to the people around) and expecting a pretext for fighting.
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I appreciate everybody's comments and yes, for Angelica's many examples.
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Glad it's useful.
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