hacer el ganso

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “do the goose”.

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to clown around; prat about

Further reading

• “hacer el ganso”, 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