poner la cornamenta

USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to put the horns."
poner la cornamenta
A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
transitive verb phrase
1.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
(idiom)
(to be unfaithful to)
a. to cheat on
Elena no sabía que su novio le ponía la cornamenta con su amiga Ester.Elena didn't know her boyfriend was cheating on her with her friend Ester.
b. to cuckold
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
(old-fashioned)
A Pedro su esposa le puso la cornamenta y lo abandonó.Pedro was cuckolded and abandoned by his wife.
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