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)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to mess up; slip up; screw up, to put one's foot in one's mouth

   Synonym: equivocarse

Derived terms

• metedura de pata
• metepatas

 

Further reading

• “meter alguien la pata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16