quicio

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quicio
masculine noun
1(door)jamb (de puerta)
  • estar fuera de quicio (on hinge side)(figurative) -> to be out of kilter
  • sacar de quicio a alguien (figurative) -> to drive somebody mad
  • sacar las cosas de quicio (figurative) -> to blow things (up) out of all proportion

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quicio [kee’-the-o]
noun
1Hinge of a door; a but-hinge. (m)
2Prop, support. (m)
  • Fuera de quicio -> violently, unnaturally
  • Sacar una cosa de quicio -> to unhinge, to overturn, to violate or pervert

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quicio
sustantivo:masculino
doorjamb
estar fuera de quicio to be out of joint
sacar a algn de quicio to drive sb up the wall; (familiar) get on sb's nerves
estas cosas me sacan de quicio these things make me see red drive me mad;o

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