meter la pata
Spanish
Verb
meter la pata (first-person singular present meto la pata, first-person singular preterite metí la pata, past participle metido la pata)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) to mess up; slip up; screw up, to put one's foot in one's mouth
- Synonym: equivocarse
Derived terms
Further reading
- “meter alguien la pata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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