perder el norte

Spanish

Verb

perder el norte (first-person singular present pierdo el norte, first-person singular preterite perdí el norte, past participle perdido el norte)

1. (idiomatic) to lose the plot

Further reading

• “perder el norte”, 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