criar malvas

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to breed mallows”.

Verb

criar malvas (first-person singular present crío malvas, first-person singular preterite crie malvas, past participle criado malvas)

1. (idiomatic) to push up daisies

Further reading

• “criar malvas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28