mentar la madre

Spanish

Verb

mentar la madre (first-person singular present miento la madre, first-person singular preterite menté la madre, past participle mentado la madre)

(idiomatic) to insult someone through the person's mother (e.g. call someone hijo de puta, etc.)
(idiomatic) to insult seriously; to tear into

Descendants

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱nöntieniehua (calque)

Further reading

“mentar la madre a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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