besar la tierra

Spanish

Verb

besar la tierra (first-person singular present beso la tierra, first-person singular preterite besé la tierra, past participle besado la tierra)

1. (idiomatic) to fall flat on one's face

Further reading

• “besar la tierra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10