matar el gusanillo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “kill the [little] worm”.
Verb
[edit]matar el gusanillo (first-person singular present mato el gusanillo, first-person singular preterite maté el gusanillo, past participle matado el gusanillo)
- (idiomatic) to keep hunger at bay, to keep someone going
Further reading
[edit]- “matar el gusanillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014