mentar la madre

Spanish

Verb

mentar la madre (first-person singular present miento la madre, first-person singular preterite menté la madre, past participle mentado la madre)

1. (idiomatic) to insult someone through the person's mother (e.g. call someone hijo de puta, etc.)
2. (idiomatic) to insult seriously; to tear into

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱nöntieniehua (calque)

Further reading

• “mentar la madre a alguien”, 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