How do you say “Blow someone's mind” in Spanish?
The closest natural Spanish equivalent is dejar alucinado a alguien, which literally means “to leave someone amazed”. English speakers use blow someone's mind to mean to amaze or impress someone very strongly. An expressive, informal choice, especially familiar in Spain. Here “alucinado” means amazed, not literally hallucinating. Register: informal. Usage frequency: common.
Closest natural Spanish
dejar alucinado a alguien
/deˈxaɾ alusiˈnaðo a ˈalɣjen/
- Literal meaning
- “to leave someone amazed”
- Register
- informal
- How often it's used
- common
- Equivalence
Near-exact equivalent
91 out of 100
What a native Spanish speaker would actually say
This wording captures the feeling of struggling to believe what you have seen or learned. It is stronger than saying something was interesting.
Match the ending to the person: “Me dejó alucinada” for a woman speaking about herself. For a more neutral tone, say “me sorprendió muchísimo”.
How close is the meaning?
- Meaning5 out of 5
- Tone5 out of 5
- Context4 out of 5
- Literal similarity1 out of 5
These ratings are editorial approximations, not measurements.
In context
English
Seeing Saturn through that telescope blew my mind.
Spanish
Ver Saturno por ese telescopio me dejó alucinado.
English
The number of empty homes in the city blows my mind.
Spanish
La cantidad de viviendas vacías en la ciudad me deja alucinado.
Related expressions
- What “Blow someone's mind” means in English
- Over the moon, Extremely happy about something
Last updated 2026-10-01