cerrar el pico
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to close the beak”.
Phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) to shut up; shut one's trap
Further reading
[edit]- “callar, o cerrar alguien el, o su, pico”, 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