hacer pata ancha
Spanish
Verb
hacer pata ancha (first-person singular present hago pata ancha, first-person singular preterite hice pata ancha, past participle hecho pata ancha)
- (Rioplatense, colloquial, idiomatic) to face a danger or difficulty
Further reading
- “hacer pata ancha, o la pata ancha”, 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