dormir a pata ancha

Spanish

Verb

dormir a pata ancha (first-person singular present duermo a pata ancha, first-person singular preterite dormí a pata ancha, past participle dormido a pata ancha)

1. (idiomatic, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico) to sleep like a log

Further reading

• “dormir a pata ancha”, 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