sacarse el clavo
Spanish
Verb
sacarse el clavo (first-person singular present me saco el clavo, first-person singular preterite me saqué el clavo, past participle sacado el clavo)
- (idiomatic, figurative) to scratch an itch
Further reading
- “sacarse el clavo”, 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