dar un mal paso

Spanish

Verb

dar un mal paso (first-person singular present doy un mal paso, first-person singular preterite di un mal paso, past participle dado un mal paso)

1. (idiomatic) to put a foot wrong

Further reading

• “dar un mal paso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28