rizar el rizo

Spanish

Verb

rizar el rizo (first-person singular present rizo el rizo, first-person singular preterite ricé el rizo, past participle rizado el rizo)

1. (idiomatic) to gild the lily, to overcomplicate matters

Further reading

• “rizar el rizo”, 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