Quebradero de cabeza

[poli]

Is this a common term for a splitting headache?

[Rusty]

Two dictionaries listed un fuerte dolor de cabeza and un dolor de cabeza agudo.
I like tengo la cabeza para reventar/estallar.

[Tomisimo]

I don't think there is any way this is a common way of saying it since there are only 8 hits for a Google search "Quebredero de cabeza". That being said, it also looks like this phrase is mostly used in a figurative sense, not a literal sense of headache, more like "pain in the neck".

For example: "Salió Valerón en la segunda mitad y el partido cambió como de la noche al día. El Deportivo se volcó con todo, y con mucho talento del canario, encima de la Real, que lo pasó francamente mal ante los continuos enlaces de Fran y Valerón, lo que era un continuo quebredero de cabeza para los jugadores donostiarras."

[Rusty]

There would be more hits if it were spelled correctly. (quebradero de cabeza)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"Quebradero de cabeza" is a mess... a situation either very hard to solve or very confusing.

[Tomisimo]

Good points

[sosia]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

"Quebradero de cabeza" is a mess... a situation either very hard to solve or very confusing.

agree.
"Quebradero de cabeza" it's a situation or problem able to break ("quebrar") your head ("cabeza"). It's not a physical sentence.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by sosia

agree.
"Quebradero de cabeza" it's a situation or problem able to break ("quebrar") your head ("cabeza"). It's not a physical sentence.

Right. A puzzle. Or it can mean a source of headaches (problems) like in "opening a can of worms"

Hernan.

[CrOtALiTo]

I think that the puzzle can be your own life middle your headache and your puzzle game.