hacer papilla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌseɾ paˈpiʝa/ [aˌseɾ paˈpi.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aˌseɾ paˈpiʎa/ [aˌseɾ paˈpi.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ha‧cer pa‧pi‧lla
Verb
hacer papilla (first-person singular present hago papilla, first-person singular preterite hice papilla, past participle hecho papilla)
- (idiomatic) to blow to smithereens, blow to bits, blow to pieces
Further reading
- “hacer papilla a alguien o algo”, 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