metepatas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of mete (“to insert”) +‎ patas (“feet, paws”). From the phrase meter la pata.

Noun

metepatas m or f by sense (plural metepatas)

  1. screw-up; buffoon
    • 2016 September 22, “Texto íntegro del pregón de Javier Pérez Andújar”, in El Periódico‎:
      El Gordito Relleno representaba al buenazo metepatas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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