marear la perdiz

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Literally, to daze the partridge. It comes from bird hunting. Before launching the birds to fly to hunt them, the hunters set on them a little, with dogs or beaters so that they get scared and fly away, but it is done repeatedly, thus delaying the beginning of the hunt.

Verb

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marear la perdiz (first-person singular present mareo la perdiz, first-person singular preterite mareé la perdiz, past participle mareado la perdiz)

  1. (idiomatic) to mess around, to dilly-dally

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