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cerchio alla testa che lo stava cogliendo.

English translation: a throbbing tension headache tightening its grip (around his head...)

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Italian term or phrase:cerchio alla testa che lo stava cogliendo.
English translation:a throbbing tension headache tightening its grip (around his head...)
Entered by: Maria Burnett

22:27 Mar 4, 2022
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: cerchio alla testa che lo stava cogliendo.
Credo che stesse immaginando scene incredibili, senza rendersi neanche conto del cerchio alla testa che lo stava cogliendo. Aprii gli occhi per godermi la scena.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 11:51
a throbbing tension headache tightening its grip (around his head...)
Explanation:
"Tension Headache Symptoms
- A constant ache over the entire head
- Mild or moderate pain, which is often reported as feeling like a "tight elastic band wrapped around the head"
https://www.londondoctorsclinic.co.uk/blog/my-head-hurts-is-...

Cerchio describes a tightening tension around the head:
"CEFALEA TENSIVA, contraddistinta da una sensazione di stretta (il cosiddetto “CERCHIO ALLA TESTA”) bilaterale. Il dolore può essere persistente e non pulsante, "
https://www.santagostino.it/it/santagostinopedia/il-mal-di-t...

While you could possibly use "cluster headache", I think "tension headache" is perfect:
"Symptoms of a tension headache include pressure and a band-like tightness that begins in the back of the head and upper neck, and gradually encircles the head."
https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/headache
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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:51
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4the onset of a pounding headache
Lisa Jane
4his growing headache
Isabella Nanni
4a throbbing tension headache tightening its grip (around his head...)
Lara Barnett
4 -2the head rush coming over him
Andrew Bramhall
Summary of reference entries provided
This may help
Marco Solinas

  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
his growing headache


Explanation:
or, the headache that was catching on him

Isabella Nanni
Italy
Local time: 17:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  EleoE
16 mins
  -> Grazie!
disagree  Andrew Bramhall: It's not a " headache", it's head rush, a surge of adrenalin!
41 mins
  -> https://www.humanitas-care.it/news/perche-viene-cerchio-alla...
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
the head rush coming over him


Explanation:
I think he was imagining unbelievable scenes, without even realising the head rush . coming over him, and I opened my eyes to enjoy the scene

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Isabella Nanni: https://www.humanitas-care.it/news/perche-viene-cerchio-alla...
5 hrs
  -> No comment;
disagree  bluenoric: "cerchio alla testa" is NOT a head rush
3 days 8 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a throbbing tension headache tightening its grip (around his head...)


Explanation:
"Tension Headache Symptoms
- A constant ache over the entire head
- Mild or moderate pain, which is often reported as feeling like a "tight elastic band wrapped around the head"
https://www.londondoctorsclinic.co.uk/blog/my-head-hurts-is-...

Cerchio describes a tightening tension around the head:
"CEFALEA TENSIVA, contraddistinta da una sensazione di stretta (il cosiddetto “CERCHIO ALLA TESTA”) bilaterale. Il dolore può essere persistente e non pulsante, "
https://www.santagostino.it/it/santagostinopedia/il-mal-di-t...

While you could possibly use "cluster headache", I think "tension headache" is perfect:
"Symptoms of a tension headache include pressure and a band-like tightness that begins in the back of the head and upper neck, and gradually encircles the head."
https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/headache

Example sentence(s):
  • "Brad felt a TENSION HEADACHE TIGHTENING up all along his skull. "
  • "Weakening the GRIP OF A CLUSTER HEADACHE"

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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:51
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
the onset of a pounding headache


Explanation:
senza rendersi neanche conto del cerchio alla testa che lo stava cogliendo

oblivious to the onset of a pounding headache

Or you could avoid mention of the actual headache and focus on the symptoms

...unaware of the pounding in his head

While the medical term is likely to be translated as a tension headache in this context it sounds too clinical and Italians generally use this expression as an emphatic way to say a bad headache.

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 17:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 136

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JudyC
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Judy!
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thanks Michele!
agree  martini
2 days 1 hr
  -> Thanks martini!
agree  bluenoric
3 days 1 hr
  -> Thanks bluenoric!
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: This may help

Reference information:
https://www.buscofen.it/mal-di-testa/cefalea-tensiva#:~:text...

Marco Solinas
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Isabella Nanni: This too https://www.humanitas-care.it/news/perche-viene-cerchio-alla...
5 hrs
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