metedura de pata

Definitions of metedura de pata
  1. noun
    a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    synonyms: coladura, plancha
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    type of:
    buñuelo, cagada, cantada, cante, gazapatón, gazapo, patinazo, pifia
    an embarrassing mistake
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