Saca la sevillana

Question

I am reading a play from argentina and the father says:

Entonces saqué la sevillana.

while he is telling a story about a fight he was in. What might this character be saying.

Answer 1

Una navaja sevillana is a pocket knife Seville style as in the picture.

Answer 2

Hi: This needs the rest of the context. This could be an idiom. the "literal"translation without context is; I took out the girl from Sevilla"

Answer 3

Thanks for answering so quickly. I am trying to give you as much context as possible, since this is a pretty modern, absurdist play, written by Eduardo Pavlosky.

To give you a bit more context. The father is retelling a story about a fight he participates in during a football (soccer) match. After he has grabbed a guy from the opposing team he tries to get the guy to cheer for his team (Lanús), but the guy won't. SO in the play it reads:

FATHER: Pero el puto mo gritaba. Entoces le saqué la sevillana. (Saca un cortaplumas) ye le hice un tajo en la frente (le hace un tajito)

I assume it is some kind of weapon, maybe a small knife.

I just want to get the right reference.

According to the context it appears to be a small knife - pacofinkler, Apr 15, 2013

Answer 4

Literally........he take out the knife