con mal pie
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “with [the] bad foot”.
Adverb
- (idiomatic) unsuccessfully, badly, on the wrong foot
- Synonyms: a contrapié, sin éxito
See also
- empezar con mal pie
Further reading
- “con mal pie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024