cridar el mal temps
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to call [mention] bad weather”.
Verb edit
cridar el mal temps (first-person singular present crido el mal temps, first-person singular preterite cridí el mal temps, past participle cridat el mal temps)
- (figurative) to jinx it (to cause something to happen by mentioning it)
Further reading edit
- “temps”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024