"empezar la casa por el tejado" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: empiezo la casa por el tejado [first-person, present, singular], empecé la casa por el tejado [first-person, preterite, singular], empezado la casa por el tejado [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “start the house by the roof”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|start the house by the roof}} “start the house by the roof”, {{lit|start the house by the roof}} Literally, “start the house by the roof” Head templates: {{es-verb|empezar<ie> la casa por el tejado}} empezar la casa por el tejado (first-person singular present empiezo la casa por el tejado, first-person singular preterite empecé la casa por el tejado, past participle empezado la casa por el tejado)
  1. (idiomatic) to put the cart before the horse Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-empezar_la_casa_por_el_tejado-es-verb-vmaEYy~G Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
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