hacer agua

Spanish

Verb

hacer agua (first-person singular present hago agua, first-person singular preterite hice agua, past participle hecho agua)

1. to let in water, to leak
2. (idiomatic) to be flawed, to be riddled with holes, to not hold water

Further reading

• “hacer agua”, 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