pata
on the translation thing it says pata means leg.....but this spanish paper for skool would be trnslated into there is a leg that lives in tijuana......yada yada...what does pata really mean
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Hi thas, you simply MUST post the whole sentence to get an answer.
Welcome to the forum. 
That should give you a hint, maybe the pata he is talking about is a female duck.
Don't laugh. I thought that he might be reading a child's picture book and the pata was a female duck (hen'). Male's a drake, what's a female?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_female_duck_called
pata = foot
it is a common popular (slang) expression in Mexico
pata properly meens the foot or hoof of an animal
My question is: ¿Qué hace un pato con una pata en un cuarto oscuro? ---| cojear. 
That should give you a hint, maybe the pata he is talking about is a female duck. 
Pata or pato is also used in meaning gay people. 
También he oído que a los Patricios le dicen Pato, así que Pata también puede ser Patricia. (me imagino)
No vayas a meter la pata means don't screw up.
It seems to me that he is trying to translate the sentence:
Hay una pata que vive en Tiajuana...
and that he wants to know what pata means in this context. (I do not know why he did not provide the original Spanish sentence.)
No vayas a meter la pata means don't screw up.
on the translation thing it says pata means leg.....but this spanish paper for skool would be trnslated into there is a leg that lives in tijuana......yada yada...what does pata really mean
It usually refers to the leg, paw, hoof, etc. of an animal. It can mean a furniture leg, however, it would appear to have some more colloquial usage in your sentence. Can we have some more context...the previous sentence or two? We need to know what it refers to: a person, vegetable, animal or mineral?
You could save Heidita the trouble and change your title to somehow include the word pata.
