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Old February 09, 2011, 11:28 AM
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Can someone translate this idiom?
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Old February 09, 2011, 11:41 AM
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D (España argot) (cabeza) head; ¿estás mal del tarro? are you off your head?; comerle el tarro a alguienvercoco2
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tarro is a glass container, usually of jelly, olives, and so on.
Your head is the can of your brain, so your head is a "tarro"
"Estás mal del tarro" means your head/brain it's not working good -->
See perikles and Robindesbois --> are you off your head?; Have you lost your mind?

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Does the word mal on it's own mean bad?
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Yes, that's the predominant meaning, but it appears in many expressions and isn't always translated as 'bad' in English.
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Remember that "mal" is often related to an illness, disability, etc.

estar mal de estómago = to have tummy ache
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Can someone translate this idiom?
Isn't it translated to English is "Bad jar"
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@Apalánter: The right answer has been given. To be crazy.
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¿Alguien aquí ocupa "el tarro" para otra cosa?
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Es la primera vez que veo este uso de la palabra "tarro". En México, para decir que alguien está mal de la cabeza, diríamos que "le patina el coco". Y por cierto, los recipientes que mencionó Sosia para aceitunas, jaleas, etc., aquí se llaman "frascos".


@Hernán: La cabeza para pensar y los tarros para tomar cerveza.

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Es la primera vez que veo este uso de la palabra "tarro". En México, para decir que alguien está mal de la cabeza, diríamos que "le patina el coco". Y por cierto, los recipientes que mencionó Sosia para aceitunas, jaleas, etc., aquí se llaman "frascos".


@Hernán: La cabeza para pensar y los tarros para tomar cerveza.
En Chile los tarros son las latas de conserva por ej:, eso es formalmente.

"abrir el tarro" = hablar de más/ser hocicón, pero ahora se usa más con que "se le cayó el cassette"

También está eso de "orinar u otra función corporal fuera del tarro"

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