hasta la madre
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “up to one's mother”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌasta la ˈmadɾe/ [ˌas.t̪a la ˈma.ð̞ɾe]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Syllabification: has‧ta la ma‧dre
Adjective
hasta la madre m or f (masculine and feminine plural hastas la madres)
- (vulgar, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) full or filled
- Synonym: lleno
- El contenedor está hasta la madre de agua.
- The container is full of water.
- (vulgar, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Dominican Republic) fed up
- (vulgar, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Costa Rica) drunk
See also
- estar hasta la madre
Further reading
- “hasta la madre”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010