descachar

From des- +‎ cacho +‎ -ar.

descachar (first-person singular present descacho, first-person singular preterite descaché, past participle descachado)

1. (transitive, Latin America) to dehorn
2. (reflexive, Colombia) to lose one's horns
3. (reflexive, Colombia) to break
4. (reflexive, Colombia) to put one's foot in it (make a mistake)

• “descachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024