pagar los platos rotos

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “pay for the broken plates”.

Verb

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)

1. (idiomatic) to carry the can

Further reading

• “pagar alguien los platos rotos”, 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