tomar a pecho

Spanish

Verb

tomar a pecho (first-person singular present tomo a pecho, first-person singular preterite tomé a pecho, past participle tomado a pecho)

1. (idiomatic) to take to heart

Further reading

• “tomar, o tomarse, alguien a pecho, o a pechos, algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28