tener más cuento que Calleja

Spanish

Etymology

From Saturnino Calleja Fernández, a Spanish author and editor.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /teˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwento ke kaˈʝexa/ [t̪eˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwẽn̪.t̪o ke kaˈʝe.xa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /teˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwento ke kaˈʎexa/ [t̪eˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwẽn̪.t̪o ke kaˈʎe.xa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /teˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwento ke kaˈʃexa/ [t̪eˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwẽn̪.t̪o ke kaˈʃe.xa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /teˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwento ke kaˈʒexa/ [t̪eˌneɾ ˌmas ˌkwẽn̪.t̪o ke kaˈʒe.xa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: te‧ner más cuen‧to que Ca‧lle‧ja

Verb

tener más cuento que Calleja (first-person singular present tengo más cuento que Calleja, first-person singular preterite tuve más cuento que Calleja, past participle tenido más cuento que Calleja)

  1. (idiomatic) be someone who continually makes up excuses

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