rizar el rizo
Spanish
Verb
rizar el rizo (first-person singular present rizo el rizo, first-person singular preterite ricé el rizo, past participle rizado el rizo)
- (idiomatic) to gild the lily, to overcomplicate matters
Further reading
- “rizar el rizo”, 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