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meter la pata meaning in English

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meter la pata verb

blunder [blundered, blundering, blunders](To make a stupid mistake)
verb
[UK: ˈblʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈblʌn.dər]

flub(to err)
verb
[UK: flʌb] [US: flʌb]

fuck up(to make a mistake, to go wrong)
verb
[UK: fʌk ʌp] [US: ˈfək ʌp]

put one's foot in one's mouth(say or do something embarrassing or wrong)
verb
[UK: ˈpʊt wʌnz fʊt ɪn wʌnz maʊθ] [US: ˈpʊt wʌnz ˈfʊt ɪn wʌnz ˈmaʊθ]

screw the pooch(to fail)
verb

screw up(colloquial: to blunder)
verb
[UK: skruː ʌp] [US: ˈskruː ʌp]