mettere bocca

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to put (the) mouth”. Compare English to stick one's nose in.

Verb

méttere bocca (first-person singular present métto bocca, first-person singular past historic mìsi bocca, past participle mésso bocca, auxiliary avére)

1. (idiomatic, informal) to meddle or interfere [+ in (object) = in/with]

   ha messo bocca nei nostri documenti

   he meddled with our documents

   la squadra non avrebbe messo bocca durante la discussione

   the team would not have interfered during the discussion