"quedarse panza arriba"

Question

What does quedarse panza arriba mean?

The expression is from a song called Pobre Papa:

Papá no quiere trabajar pero lo obligan papito prefiere quedarse panza arriba

Is it like lying down and not doing anything?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Quedarse panza arriba

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Answer 2

I guess it means to stay laying around, doing nothing. Panza arriba : tummy up...

"boca arriba" (on your back). - 00e46f15, Jun 8, 2013

Answer 3

Yes, literally, belly up, but with the figurative meaning of lazying around, not, as sometimes meant in English, dead.

Answer 4

Note that "panza arriba" does not mean "belly up" as in bankrupt.

For bankrupt, we say "bancarrota" and "quebrado(a)."