English translation of "que se puede poner muy mal" - "as she could go crazy"

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112 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	que se puede poner muy mal
Context:	- ¡No soy cruel ni perversa, solo te estoy diciendo la verdad? ¿Y crees que a mí no me duele? Me duele tanto como a ti! - ¡Cállate! ¡Que no escuche tu abuela, que se puede poner muy mal! The first person speaking is saying the her cousin is dead, even though he showed up at the family Christmas party. I think it must mean "it could make you very ill", but I am looking for something that reflects more of the mental health aspect. Perhaps "it could make you crazy"?

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112 months ago

Rita Solis Radius - Conseil en Création Littéraire wrote:

Your grandmother could be sick / Your grandma could get ill

112 months ago

Carlos Pablo MIGUES-LABANCA, BSc. wrote:

can cause her lots of/deep pain

112 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

because she can really go absolutely mental

112 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

as she could go crazy

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112 months ago

María P. Álvarez wrote:

"...she (the grandmother) could become quite unsettled (disturbed)!"

My comment:

When you're thinking of the mental state, you usually envision "trastornada" (unbalanced or unsettled).

"Se puede poner muy mal", could also suggest that IF the grandmother suffers from other medical ailments, they could be triggered acutely by the state of shock or disbelief, of what she has just overheard...

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