vérsele el plumero

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “[for] his/her feathers to be visible”.

Verb

vérsele el plumero (first-person singular present me le veo el plumero, first-person singular preterite me le vi el plumero, past participle le visto el plumero)

1. (idiomatic) to be blindingly obvious

   No habían pasado ni dos horas y al concurso ya se le veía el plumero.

   Not even two hours had gone by and in the competition it was already blindingly obvious.

Further reading

• “vérsele a alguien el plumero”, 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