caérsele los anillos

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “one's rings to fall down”.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kaˌeɾsele los aˈniʝos/ [kaˌeɾ.se.le los aˈni.ʝos] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌeɾsele los aˈniʎos/ [kaˌeɾ.se.le los aˈni.ʎos] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌeɾsele los aˈniʃos/ [kaˌeɾ.se.le los aˈni.ʃos] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌeɾsele los aˈniʒos/ [kaˌeɾ.se.le los aˈni.ʒos] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: ca‧ér‧se‧le los a‧ni‧llos

Verb

caérsele los anillos (first-person singular present se me caen los anillos, first-person singular preterite se me cayeron los anillos, past participle caído los anillos)

  1. (idiomatic) to have qualms (about doing something)

Further reading

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