dar un patinazo
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dar un patinazo
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (to slide)
a. to skid
Hay hielo en la carretera. No conduzcas tan rápido. El auto va a dar un patinazo.There's ice on the road. Don't drive so fast. The car is going to skid.
2. (colloquial) (figurative) (to perform a gaffe)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. to make a blunder
¡Qué patinazo diste! ¿No sabías que el jefe odia a los aduladores?What a blunder you made! Didn't you know that the boss hates sycophants?
b. to slip up
Creo que he dado un patinazo. Le dije a mamá que el sábado saliste y no volviste hasta las seis de la mañana. Pensé que lo sabía.I think I slipped up. I told Mom that you went out on Saturday and didn't come back until six in the morning. I thought she knew.
c. to make a boob (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿Por qué no piensas antes de hablar? Acabas de dar otro patinazo. - ¿Por qué? ¿Qué dije?Why don't you think before you speak? You've just made another boob. - Why? What did I say?
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