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Your team just won the championship.
Estamos contentísimos / estamos que no cabemos en nosotros mismos.
'We don't fit inside ourselves' — bursting with joy. More vivid than any moon.
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over the moon
Thrilled beyond words — used for genuine, exuberant joy about something that's gone brilliantly.
Literal translation trap
'Sobre la luna' doesn't work. Spanish happiness uses completely different imagery — not moons.
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Getting the job you really wanted.
Estoy en el séptimo cielo.
Seventh heaven — the closest spatial metaphor to 'over the moon' in Spanish.
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A new parent hearing their baby's first word.
Estaba loco de alegría.
Crazy with happiness — the intensity Spanish reaches for in moments of pure joy.
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Hearing your favourite band is touring again.
Me hizo una ilusión enorme.
It gave me enormous ilusión — ilusión means excited anticipation in Spanish, not illusion.
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Passing an exam you thought you'd failed.
Me llevé una alegría enorme.
I got an enormous piece of joy — the Spanish construction for receiving great news.