hacerse la rata

Spanish

Verb

hacerse la rata (first-person singular present me hago la rata, first-person singular preterite me hice la rata, past participle hecho la rata)

1. (idiomatic, Argentina, Uruguay) to play hookey

Further reading

• “hacer, o hacerse, la rata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28