pagar los platos rotos
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “pay for the broken plates”.
Verb
[edit]pagar los platos rotos (first-person singular present pago los platos rotos, first-person singular preterite pagué los platos rotos, past participle pagado los platos rotos)
- (idiomatic) to carry the can
Further reading
[edit]- “pagar alguien los platos rotos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28