cortar el bacalao

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to cut the cod(fish)”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koɾˌtaɾ el bakaˈlao/ [koɾˌt̪aɾ el β̞a.kaˈla.o]
Syllabification: cor‧tar el ba‧ca‧la‧o

Verb

cortar el bacalao (first-person singular present corto el bacalao, first-person singular preterite corté el bacalao, past participle cortado el bacalao)

(idiomatic) to run the show; call the shots

Further reading

“cortar el bacalao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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