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Tag: errar

Definitions tagged errar in the street dictionary.

No dar pie con bola

To keep messing up or have a run of bad luck where nothing goes right. (The phrase comes from soccer, meaning to not even manage to kick the ball).

Man, nothing has gone right for me all day. I just no doy pie con bola.

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quincear

To mess up, slip up, or make a mistake (The term comes from the Spanish word for fifteen, quince, which historically referred to fouls or errors in games like billiards).

I quincee on the last question of the exam.

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paltear

To mess up, screw up, or make a mistake (In Peru, palta is the word for avocado, but it is used figuratively in slang for errors or embarrassment).

I think I paltee on the last two questions of the exam.

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Meter la pata

1. To screw up or mess something up. 2. To get knocked up or have an unplanned pregnancy.

1. My parents are very overprotective and without meter la pata I will never learn anything. 2. My sister metió la pata when she was 16.

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Pifiar

To mess up, blow it, or miss a target, especially because of a blunder or miscalculation.

Di Maria pifió his shot at the goal by 10 meters.

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