trance, ordeal, difficult situation
Tom está en trance.
Tom is in a trance.
Sólo los fuertes pueden salir de ese trance.
Only the strong can emerge from that ordeal.
— Hermano (1997)
Yo salté al agua como en un trance.
I jumped into the water as if in a trance.
Te sacaré de este horrible trance.
I’ll snap you out of this horrible trance.