Spanish: ...meter la pata, metida de pata...English translation: goof up, goof, foul-up, f...-up, louse up, screw up, go wrong, mess up, mess and a half 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | ...meter la pata, metida de pata... | | English translation: | goof up, goof, foul-up, f...-up, louse up, screw up, go wrong, mess up, mess and a half | | Entered by: | Lillian van den Broeck |
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Linguistics / Regular or street language (informal) | | Spanish term or phrase: ...meter la pata, metida de pata... | | Algo que no sea to put one's foot in it, sino quizá más callejero o común... ¡Qué metida de pata, por Dios! Mil gracias por anticipado. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseÁlvaro Blanch: 12:46pm Apr 10, 2005: ¡Hola Gabriel! Depende de lo callejero que deba ser y para dónde. En mis tiempos y en el Reino Unido "cock up" sería un término algo más callejero. Suerte y :O) :O) -
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert (asker): 1:08pm Apr 10, 2005: ¡Hola Alvaro! - Cock up? Sería entonces What a cock up! Qué metida de pata. Pero dices que esto es en el UK. Y en EU? Un abrazo.
Si tienen unos minutos para relajarse les recomiendo que lean los chistes de Janfri... para morirse de la risa.
Álvaro Blanch: 1:21pm Apr 10, 2005: Abrazos y sonrisas Gabriel. Sí, "What a cock up!", pero como digo, es un registro más fuerte que "metida de pata. Para EEUU, creo que Lillian ha dado unas sugerencias muy buenas. :O) :O) -
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| | goof yup, goof, foul-up, f...-up, louse up, screw up, go wrong, mess up, mess and a half | Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-10 12:44:09 GMT)
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bark up the wrong tree, miss by a mile,count one\'s chickens before they\'re hatched, blow card...
The Random House Thesaurus of Slang,
or... \"Make a mistake\"
Hope it helps!
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-10 12:44:50 GMT)
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oh, ant it\'s \"goof up\",not \"yup\"
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Note added at 24 mins (2005-04-10 13:01:43 GMT)
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oops, and its not \"ant\", it\'s \"and\" (this is goofing up) |
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| Note from asker to answererBueno, agotaste el diccionario. Mil gracias y cuídate.
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| goof yup, goof, foul-up, f...-up, louse up, screw up, go wrong, mess up, mess and a half
Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-10 12:44:09 GMT)
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bark up the wrong tree, miss by a mile,count one\'s chickens before they\'re hatched, blow card...
The Random House Thesaurus of Slang,
or... \"Make a mistake\"
Hope it helps!
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-10 12:44:50 GMT)
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oh, ant it\'s \"goof up\",not \"yup\"
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Note added at 24 mins (2005-04-10 13:01:43 GMT)
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oops, and its not \"ant\", it\'s \"and\" (this is goofing up)
| | Note from asker to answerer| Bueno, agotaste el diccionario. Mil gracias y cuídate. |
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