hacerse el tonto

Spanish

Verb

hacerse el tonto (first-person singular present me hago el tonto, first-person singular preterite me hice el tonto, past participle hecho el tonto)

1. (idiomatic) to play the fool

Further reading

• “hacerse alguien el tonto”, 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