{"id":7264,"date":"2013-08-07T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7264"},"modified":"2018-08-06T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:32:58","slug":"dont-mess-up-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/dont-mess-up-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t mess up, please!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, there! How you doin’? (Joey Tribbiani style!)<\/p>\n

The word pata<\/strong> in Spanish means the leg or paw of an animal, the leg of a piece of furniture, in some countries in Latin America it means “pal” or “buddy” and it is obviously the feminine of pato (duck).<\/p>\n

Pata also has some very interesting and useful idioms and I decided to share some of them with you, my dear reader who is learning Spanish!<\/p>\n

Are you ready for this?<\/p>\n

01. Estirar la pata<\/strong> = to die, to kick the bucket (lit. to stretch your legs)<\/p>\n

Los herederos del millonario est\u00e1n esperando que tire la pata.
\nThe millionaire’s heirs are waiting for him to kick the bucket.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00bfNo te enteraste? Estir\u00f3 la pata anoche. Un infarto, creo.
\nDidn’t you hear? He kicked the bucket last night. A heart attack, I guess.<\/em><\/p>\n

Si sigues fumando as\u00ed vas a estirar la pata pronto.
\nIf you keep smoking like that you’ll kick the bucket soon.<\/em><\/p>\n

02. Mala pata<\/strong> = bad luck<\/p>\n

Ando de mala pata \u00faltimamente. Todo me sale mal.
\nI’ve had bad luck lately. Nothing goes right.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a1Qu\u00e9 mala pata que te pongas enfermo justo el d\u00eda de tu fiesta!
\nSuch bad luck you get sick right on the day of your party!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a1Qu\u00e9 mala pata tiene ese muchacho!
\nThat guy is so unlucky!<\/em><\/p>\n

03. Meter la pata<\/strong> = to mess something up (lit. put your foo in it)<\/p>\n

Espero no meter la pata en el ex\u00e1men.
\nI hope I don’t mess up on the quiz.<\/em><\/p>\n

Realmente metiste la pata y ahora \u00a1est\u00e1s fregado!
\nYou really messed up and now you’re in big trouble!<\/em><\/p>\n

Conc\u00e9ntrate en tu entrevista de trabaho. No vayas a meter a pata.
\nFocus on your job interview. Don’t you screw up.<\/em><\/p>\n

04. Patas arriba<\/strong> = (place) in a mess, upside down<\/p>\n

Mi madre me dijo que ordenara mi habitaci\u00f3n pues est\u00e1 todo patas arriba.
\nMy mom told me to clean up my room because everything is upside down.<\/em><\/p>\n

No s\u00e9 qu\u00e9 pensar; el mundo est\u00e1 patas arriba.
\nI don’t know what to think. The world is upside down.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cuando entr\u00e9 en el aula todo estaba patas arriba.
\nWhen I walked into the classroom everything was upside down.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hello, there! How you doin’? (Joey Tribbiani style!) The word pata in Spanish means the leg or paw of an animal, the leg of a piece of furniture, in some countries in Latin America it means “pal” or “buddy” and it is obviously the feminine of pato (duck). Pata also has some very interesting and…<\/p>\n

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