cruzársele los cables

Spanish

Verb

cruzársele los cables (first-person singular present me le cruzo los cables, first-person singular preterite me le crucé los cables, past participle le cruzado los cables)

1. (idiomatic) to get one's wires crossed

Further reading

• “cruzársele los cables a alguien”, 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