perder los papeles

Spanish

Verb

perder los papeles (first-person singular present pierdo los papeles, first-person singular preterite perdí los papeles, past participle perdido los papeles)

1. (idiomatic) to lose it; to lose one's mind

Further reading

• “perder alguien los papeles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10