"comerse el tarro" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: me como el tarro [first-person, present, singular], me comí el tarro [first-person, preterite, singular], comido el tarro [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to eat the tub”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to eat the tub}} “to eat the tub”, {{lit|to eat the tub}} Literally, “to eat the tub” Head templates: {{es-verb}} comerse el tarro (first-person singular present me como el tarro, first-person singular preterite me comí el tarro, past participle comido el tarro)
  1. (idiomatic) to scratch one's head Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: comerse la olla, devanarse los sesos
    Sense id: en-comerse_el_tarro-es-verb-QLbF8hca Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
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      "expansion": "“to eat the tub”",
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      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "me comí el tarro",
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        "preterite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "comido el tarro",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "expansion": "comerse el tarro (first-person singular present me como el tarro, first-person singular preterite me comí el tarro, past participle comido el tarro)",
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "He checked the time - it was too early for dinner and he was too tired to carry on scratching his head waiting for the favourable reasoning to turn it around.",
          "ref": "2016, Rita Tapia Oregui, Entrevista:",
          "text": "Consultó la hora: era demasiado pronto para cenar y estaba demasiado cansado como para seguir comiéndose el tarro en la esperanza de concebir el razonamiento favorable que volteara la tortilla.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(idiomatic) to scratch one's head"
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        }
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  "word": "comerse el tarro"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "“to eat the tub”",
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      "args": {
        "1": "to eat the tub"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to eat the tub”",
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "me como el tarro",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me comí el tarro",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comido el tarro",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "comerse el tarro (first-person singular present me como el tarro, first-person singular preterite me comí el tarro, past participle comido el tarro)",
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        "Spanish terms with quotations",
        "Spanish verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He checked the time - it was too early for dinner and he was too tired to carry on scratching his head waiting for the favourable reasoning to turn it around.",
          "ref": "2016, Rita Tapia Oregui, Entrevista:",
          "text": "Consultó la hora: era demasiado pronto para cenar y estaba demasiado cansado como para seguir comiéndose el tarro en la esperanza de concebir el razonamiento favorable que volteara la tortilla.",
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      ],
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        "to scratch one's head"
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        "(idiomatic) to scratch one's head"
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        {
          "word": "comerse la olla"
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          "word": "devanarse los sesos"
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