hacer el caldo gordo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌθeɾ el ˌkaldo ˈɡoɾdo/ [aˌθeɾ el ˌkal̪.d̪o ˈɣ̞oɾ.ð̞o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /aˌseɾ el ˌkaldo ˈɡoɾdo/ [aˌseɾ el ˌkal̪.d̪o ˈɣ̞oɾ.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ha‧cer el cal‧do gor‧do
Verb
hacer el caldo gordo (first-person singular present hago el caldo gordo, first-person singular preterite hice el caldo gordo, past participle hecho el caldo gordo)
- (idiomatic) to make things easy (for someone)
See also
- bailar el agua
Further reading
- “hacer a alguien el caldo gordo”, 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