sacarse el clavo

Spanish

Verb

sacarse el clavo (first-person singular present me saco el clavo, first-person singular preterite me saqué el clavo, past participle sacado el clavo)

1. (idiomatic, figurative) to scratch an itch

Further reading

• “sacarse el clavo”, 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