‹ God's Crooked Lines
Film · 2022 · Drama
God's Crooked Lines
Los renglones torcidos de Dios
C1Castilian155 minIMDb 7.1
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Castilianon NetflixAlice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
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celda
cell (room in a psychiatric ward or prison)noun (f)Cada paciente tiene su propia celda en el pabellón de mujeres.Each patient has their own cell in the women's ward.ingreso
admission / intake (to a hospital or institution)noun (m)El ingreso voluntario requiere la firma del propio paciente.Voluntary admission requires the patient's own signature.internar
to commit / to admit (to a psychiatric facility)verbEl juez ordenó internar al paciente en una clínica especializada.The judge ordered the patient to be committed to a specialist clinic.alta
discharge (from hospital); dar el alta = to dischargenoun (f)El médico le dio el alta después de tres semanas de observación.The doctor discharged her after three weeks of observation.internamiento
committal / institutional admissionnoun (m)El internamiento fue autorizado con todos los documentos en regla.The committal was authorised with all documents in order.paranoia
paranoianoun (f)El médico sospechaba que el paciente sufría paranoia severa.The doctor suspected the patient was suffering from severe paranoia.esquizofrenia
schizophrenianoun (f)La esquizofrenia hebefrénica se manifiesta de forma distinta según el paciente.Hebephrenic schizophrenia manifests differently depending on the patient.acotado de caza
no-go area / off limits (used figuratively to refuse entry into a topic)expressionLiterally a 'hunting reserve', land where hunting is prohibited. Used figuratively as a signal that a certain subject is private or forbidden territory, not to be entered. The expression functions as a verbal 'keep out' sign in conversation.
Cuando le pregunté por su ex, me dijo simplemente: 'Eso es acotado de caza'.When I asked about his ex, he simply said: 'That's off limits'.
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hijo de puta
son of a bitch / bastard (strong insult expressing rage or contempt)expressionvulgarLiterally 'son of a whore'. One of the most common strong insults. Can express pure rage rather than a literal accusation. Sometimes abbreviated in writing as 'h.d.p.'.
Cuando descubrió que le habían robado la cartera, soltó un '¡hijo de puta!' en voz alta.When he realised his wallet had been stolen, he blurted out 'you bastard!' out loud.me cago en
expletive expressing strong frustration or anger, roughly 'for f***'s sake' or 'damn it'expressionvulgarFormed from 'cagarse en' (literally 'to defecate on something'), used as an intensifier of anger or exasperation. The thing named after 'en' is what the speaker is cursing. Very common in everyday heated speech.
¡Me cago en todo, que se me ha roto el ordenador justo hoy!Damn it all, the computer broke on me just today!estar hasta los cojones
to be completely fed up / to have had it up to hereexpressionvulgar'Cojones' (testicles) is used as an intensifier in a fixed phrase meaning total exhaustion of patience. Signals maximum exasperation. Equivalent in strength to 'I'm absolutely sick of this'.
Estoy hasta los cojones de que nadie recoja la cocina después de comer.I'm completely fed up with nobody cleaning the kitchen after lunch.
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