pata - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

foot   - lowest part of something	pata   - de un mueble
leg   - of a piece of furniture	la pata   - de un mueble
temple tip   - glasses	la pata   - gafas
haunch   - of an animal [COOK.]	la pata
leg [COOK.]	la pata   - de un animal
paw [ZOOL.]	la pata   - de un animal
shank [COOK.][ZOOL.]	la pata   - p. ej.: de cordero
leg   - of animal [ZOOL.]	la pata   - de un animal
pal [coll.]	el pata (Lat. Am.: Cuba, Perú) [coll.]
beau  pl.: beaus, beaux	el pata | la pata (Lat. Am.: Cuba, Perú) [coll.]
boyfriend	el pata | la pata (Lat. Am.: Cuba, Perú) [coll.]
bro (Amer.) [coll.]	el pata | la pata (Lat. Am.: Cuba, Perú) [coll.]
buddy   chiefly  (Amer.) [coll.]	el pata | la pata (Lat. Am.: Cuba, Perú) [coll.]
fellow	el pata | la pata (Lat. Am.: Cuba, Perú) [coll.]

Verbs

to make a mistake  | made, made |	meter la pata [coll.]
to hop  | hopped, hopped |	saltar (a la pata coja)
to make a faux pas  | made, made |	meter la pata [coll.]

Adjectives / Adverbs

cloven-hoofed  adj.

de pata hendida

Phrases / Collocations

to put one's foot in one's mouth [coll.]	meter la pata (hasta el cuello) [coll.] [fig.]
to put one's foot in one's mouth [coll.]	meter la pata (hasta el corvejón) [coll.] [fig.]
to make a fool of oneself	meter la pata [coll.] [fig.]
to mess up  | messed, messed | [coll.]	meter la pata [coll.] [fig.]
to slip up  | slipped, slipped | [coll.]	meter la pata [coll.] [fig.]
to make a boob (Brit.) [coll.]	meter la pata [fig.]
to drop a clanger [coll.]	meter la pata [fig.]
to put one's foot in it	meter la pata hasta el corvejón/hasta el cuello/etc. [coll.] [fig.]
to peg out (Brit.) [coll.]	estirar la pata [coll.] [fig.]   - morir
to die  | died, died |	estirar la pata [fam.] [fig.]   - morir
to screw sth. ⇔  up  | screwed, screwed |   - make mistake [coll.]	meter la pata [coll.]
to kick the bucket [fig.] [coll.]   - die	estirar la pata [coll.] [fig.]   - morir
to conk out   - die	estirar la pata [coll.] [fig.]   - morir
to hand in one's chips  | handed, handed | (Brit.) [sl.]	estirar la pata [coll.] [fig.]
to buy the farm (Amer.) [sl.]	estirar la pata [coll.] [fig.]   - morir
to decease  | deceased, deceased |   archaic	estirar la pata [fig.]
to drop a brick [coll.] (Brit.)	meter la pata hasta el corvejón [coll.] [fig.]

Examples

This little piece of wood will act as a leg for the furniture until we fix it.

Este trocito de madera hará las veces de pata para el mueble hasta que lo arreglemos.

Orthographically similar words

paca, pact, pant, papa, part, past, pasta, pat, pate, pâté, paté, path, peat, phat, pita, plat, prat, spat

acta, afta, Alta, alta, anta, asta, atar, atea, bata, cata, gata, lata, mata, nata, paca, paga, paja, pala, palta, pana, Papá, papá, papa, para, Para, pasa, Pasa, pasta, patán, patas, paté, pato, pauta, pava, pita, plata, pota, puta, rata, tata

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