cortarse la coleta

Spanish

Verb

cortarse la coleta (first-person singular present me corto la coleta, first-person singular preterite me corté la coleta, past participle cortado la coleta)

1. (idiomatic, figurative, bullfighting) to hang up one's spurs
2. (idiomatic, figurative) to retire; to call it a day

Further reading

• “cortarse la coleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014