pagar el pato
Spanish
Verb
pagar el pato (first-person singular present pago el pato, first-person singular preterite pagué el pato, past participle pagado el pato)
- (idiomatic) to bear the brunt; to take the rap
Further reading
- “pagar el pato alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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