hacer pata ancha

Spanish

Verb

hacer pata ancha (first-person singular present hago pata ancha, first-person singular preterite hice pata ancha, past participle hecho pata ancha)

(Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial, idiomatic) to face a danger or difficulty

Further reading

“hacer pata ancha, o la pata ancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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