quebradero de cabeza

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “head breaker”.

Noun

quebradero de cabeza m (plural quebraderos de cabeza)

1. (figurative, idiomatic) headache, worry
   • 2020 May 16, Rafa de Miguel, “Johnson confunde al Reino Unido con su estrategia contra el virus”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Empezando por las residencias de mayores, que continúan siendo el principal quebradero de cabeza de Downing Street.

     Starting with the nursing homes, which are still the main headache for Downing Street.

Further reading

• “quebradero de cabeza”, 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