se me metía al cerebro

[globos]

Hola a todos,


Este es un extracto de Cuando era puertorriqueña. Por Esmeralda Santiago.

Mami canturreaba un danzón[...]

Una mariposa roja se le acercó y voló alrededor de su cabeza. Ella se asustó y le dio un golpazo que mandó a la mariposa contra el suelo.

--¡Huy! Parecía como que se me metía al cerebro--murmuró con una sonrisa turbada.



No entiendo lo que quiere decir: Parecía como que se me metía al cerebro en este contexto.

Creo que la nina está hablando no la mamá pero es difícil saber.



¡Muchas gracias de antemano!

 

[Foraneo]

It seems as if this butterfly went into my brain

 

[sinderik]

May refer to a parasite insect.



"The climate of Puerto Rico is tropical, hot all year round, with a rainy season and a relatively dry season."

 

[Foraneo]

A parasite insect, maybe.

Maybe. But I'm willing to think it was in a figurative sense. When a bug goes arround yours ears, you have the sense it would be into your brain.

 

[ChemaSaltasebes]

It is probably the mother talking; "Una mariposa roja se le acercó" (it got close to her). She knocked it down and then she tried to explain her action; "(It was so close to me that) I thought it would encroach on / get into my brain!" [and yes; just in a figurative sense]

 

[Elixabete]

It is probably the mother talking; "Una mariposa roja se le acercó" (it got close to her). She knocked it down and then she tried to explain her action; "(It was so close to me that) I thought it would encroach on / get into my brain!" [and yes; just in a figurative sense]

I agree , I would translate " It felt as if it was getting/trying to get into my brain" instead of " ...it went into".

 

[globos]

Thank you everybody.