"echar una cana al aire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Spanish]

Forms: echo una cana al aire [first-person, present, singular], eché una cana al aire [first-person, preterite, singular], echado una cana al aire [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “toss a grey hair into the air”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|toss a grey hair into the air}} “toss a grey hair into the air”, {{lit|toss a grey hair into the air}} Literally, “toss a grey hair into the air” Head templates: {{es-verb}} echar una cana al aire (first-person singular present echo una cana al aire, first-person singular preterite eché una cana al aire, past participle echado una cana al aire)
  1. (idiomatic) to let one's hair down Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-echar_una_cana_al_aire-es-verb-JRNvNMxV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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