templar gaitas
Spanish
Verb
templar gaitas (first-person singular present templo gaitas, first-person singular preterite templé gaitas, past participle templado gaitas)
- (idiomatic) to pour oil on troubled waters
Further reading
- “templar gaitas”, 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