hacer pata ancha

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (Rioplatense, colloquial, idiomatic) to face a danger or difficulty

Further reading

• “hacer pata ancha, o la 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