patata caliente
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˌtata kaˈljente/ [paˌt̪a.t̪a kaˈljẽn̪.t̪e]
- Syllabification: pa‧ta‧ta ca‧lien‧te
Noun
patata caliente f (plural patatas calientes)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) hot potato (unwanted problem)
Further reading
- “patata caliente”, 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