cortarse la coleta

Spanish

Verb

cortarse la coleta (first-person singular present me corto la coleta, first-person singular preterite me corté la coleta, past participle cortado la coleta)

1. (idiomatic, figurative, bullfighting) to hang up one's spurs
2. (idiomatic, figurative) to retire; to call it a day

Further reading

• “cortarse la coleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10