pillar el toro
Spanish
Verb
pillar el toro (first-person singular present pillo el toro, first-person singular preterite pillé el toro, past participle pillado el toro)
- (idiomatic) to miss the boat; to run out of time
- ¡Rápido, que nos pilla el toro!
- Put your foot on it, we're running out of time
Further reading
- “pillar el toro a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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