Phrase · 🧩 Idioms in everyday speech
Estoy hasta la coronilla de tanta reunión inútil.
I'm fed up to the back teeth with all these pointless meetings.
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Why every word is where it is
Estoy1verbI'mestar · present · 1st sing.hasta1prepositionup tola1determinertheel · fem. · sing. · definitecoronilla1nouncrown of the headfem. · sing.de2prepositionwith (of)tanta3determinerso much, so manytanto · fem. · sing.reunión3nounmeetingfem. · sing.inútiladjectivepointlesssing..
- Estoy → coronilla: estar hasta la coronilla: fed up
- coronilla → de: … de + the cause
- tanta → reunión: tanta agrees with reunión (f. sg.)
- inútil → reunión: inútil describes reunión
Word for word: “I'm up to the crown of my head with so much useless meeting.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1estar hasta la coronilla (de) = to be fed up (with) (lit. up to the crown of your head). Spain also says hasta las narices.
- 2de introduces the cause: harto de, cansado de, hasta la coronilla de.
- 3tanta + singular noun = so many, with a fed-up tone: tanta reunión = all these meetings. Consecutive and intensive structures →
Variations
- Estoy harta de tantas reuniones inútiles.
- Estoy hasta las narices de tanta reunión inútil.
- Ya no aguanto tanta reunión inútil.