Estar hasta la coronilla

to be fed up; **to be fed up**; **to have had enough**; **to be sick and tired of...**; **to be up to here with...**; **to have reached one's limit**

Estar hasta la coronilla means to be fed up, to have had enough, to be sick and tired of something, or to be completely exasperated.

It expresses a very high level of annoyance or weariness.

• is tired of repeated problems
• has lost patience
• is overwhelmed by work
• can no longer tolerate a person or situation
• has reached their limit

The expression is based on a vertical metaphor.

The coronilla is the highest point of the head.

If something reaches that level, it symbolically fills a person completely, leaving no room for greater tolerance.

The image is similar to the English gesture of moving a hand to the neck or forehead when saying:

"I'm up to here."

This expression is often interchangeable with:

• estar hasta las narices,
• estar hasta el gorro,
• estar hasta el moño,

although hasta la coronilla is usually perceived as slightly less colloquial and somewhat softer than hasta las narices.

It is suitable in most informal situations.

Spanish has many colourful ways of saying that someone has reached the end of their patience:

• Estar hasta la coronilla → to be fed up.
• Estar hasta las narices → to be fed up.
• Estar hasta el gorro → to have had enough.
• Estar hasta el moño → to be sick and tired of something.

Among them, estar hasta la coronilla is one of the most widely accepted across all regions of Spain and is suitable in almost any informal conversation.

Do not translate the expression literally.

English speakers would never say:

I'm up to the crown of my head.

Instead, use expressions such as:

• I'm fed up.
• I've had enough.
• I'm sick and tired of...
• I'm up to here with...

Choose the translation according to the tone.