"meter la pata" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: meto la pata [first-person, present, singular], metí la pata [first-person, preterite, singular], metido la pata [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} meter la pata (first-person singular present meto la pata, first-person singular preterite metí la pata, past participle metido la pata)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to mess up; slip up; screw up, to put one's foot in one's mouth Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: equivocarse Derived forms: metedura de pata, metepatas
    Sense id: en-meter_la_pata-es-verb-ntJx19eJ Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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