cantar el gallo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "the cock crows"

Verb

cantar el gallo (first-person singular present canto el gallo, first-person singular preterite canté el gallo, past participle cantado el gallo)

(idiomatic, Cuba, for a time of payment) to run out; to reach the deadline

Further reading

“cantar el gallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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