dar un mal paso

Spanish

Verb

dar un mal paso (first-person singular present doy un mal paso, first-person singular preterite di un mal paso, past participle dado un mal paso)

1. (idiomatic) to put a foot wrong

Further reading

• “dar un mal paso”, 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