salir por peteneras

Spanish

Verb

salir por peteneras (first-person singular present salgo por peteneras, first-person singular preterite salí por peteneras, past participle salido por peteneras)

1. (idiomatic) to come up with something odd; to say something inappropriate

See also

• escurrir el bulto
• salirse por la tangente

Further reading

• “salir, o salirse, por peteneras”, 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