hacer la pata

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, Chile) to suck up (to someone)

Further reading

• “hacer la pata”, 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