Phrase · 🧩 Idioms for attitudes and reactions
Metí la pata al preguntarle por su ex.
I put my foot in it when I asked her about her ex.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
MetíverbeI put (in)meter · passé · 1re pers. sing.ladéterminanttheel · fém. · sing. · définipata1nompaw; (meter la pata) to blunderfém. · sing.al2prépositionto theapreguntarleverbeto ask him/herpreguntar · infinitifpor3prépositionfor, by, through, because ofsudéterminanthis, her, its, your, their3e pers. sing.exnomex (former partner)sing..
- al → preguntarle: al + infinitive
- preguntarle → por: preguntar por
Mot à mot : “I put in the paw when asking her about her ex.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1meter la pata = to put your foot in it (lit. put in the paw).
- 2al + infinitive = when, at the moment of.
- 3preguntar por alguien = to ask about someone.