Translation for "idea fija" to english

Idea fija

noun

• obsession
• mania

Translation examples

obsession noun

Se convirtió en una idea fija.
It became an obsession.

Estoy seguro de que para él se ha convertido en una idea fija.
He’s obsessed with the idea, I know he is.’

porque esta era su idea fija: ¡la opinión de los jóvenes!
For that was his obsession: what the coming generation thought of him.

Prólogo Idea fija, inquietante, divertida, diabólica.
Prologue Obsessive, unsettling, amusing, diabolical.

Fue Jones quien rompió el silencio, con su idea fija:
It was Jones who broke the silence with his obstinate obsession.

Godfrey tenía la idea fija de los viejos y de sus facultades mentales.
Godfrey was obsessed by the question of old people and their faculties.

Al caer la noche, una idea fija se apoderó de mi hermano.
By evening my brother had developed an obsession.

Toda su energía se concentra ahora en una idea fija: ¡Londres! ¡Sí;
All her will was bent on that one obsession: London!

Es un individuo que tiene una idea fija, y un sentido obsesivo de la ofensa.
He’s a man with a fixed idea,Laurel, and an obsessive sense of injury.

Pero mi secreta idea fija era la poesía: escribirla, pensarla, vivirla.
But my secret obsession was poetry: to write it, think it, live it.

mania noun

Ante este espectáculo, el discursito que me había preparado para justificarme apresuradamente ante Lll, aprovechando el alejamiento del tío abuelo: "Sabes, hay que comprenderlo, con esa idea fija de vivir como un pez, ha terminado por parecerse a un pez de verdad…", se me atragantó.
At this sight, I recalled the little speech I had prepared hastily to apologize to Lll, taking advantage of my uncle's departure ("You really have to understand him, you know, this mania for living like a fish has finally even made him look like a fish"), but the words died in my throat.