flipar - to flip out
So this word is all over Volver. The all say it, I never heard, and the subs translate it to "To flip out" OK easy to remember. Our dictionary says "To have a wild time". Is this an everyday word? What about for Mexico? Gracias.
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I don't know about in Mexico--I'll try to find out--but it's definitely an everyday word in Spain. It's very common. As for translation, I would favor your first translation over the one provided by the dictionary in most cases. I think of it as "You're going to freak/flip out."
Update: Okay, my research has yielding conflicting answers. I've never heard anyone not from Spain say it, but the Spanish I hear is almost exclusively spoken by Spaniards, so I don't have too much personal experience here. I did find someone asking what it meant on Yahoo! Answers Mexico, which made me think it was somewhat unknown there, but on the WordReference forums I found someone from Mexico who clearly knew what it meant. I suppose it wouldn't be too unusual or difficult to know a bit of Spanish slang like Americans recognize some British slang, though. Still looking. I'm sort of leaning toward not used much in Mexico, though, just a hunch. Everywhere it comes up online the speaker has been from Spain.
One more update: I found another person asking what it meant who was answered that "... es una palabra muy tipica de aquí de España," which sort of added points to the Spain-only sort of thing. Another possibility is that it is used to mean 'on drugs' everywhere but is more common and used to mean 'freak/flip out' just in Spain.
