cargar la mano

Spanish

Verb

cargar la mano (first-person singular present cargo la mano, first-person singular preterite cargué la mano, past participle cargado la mano)

1. (idiomatic) to overdo something; get carried away; go too far
2. (idiomatic) to drink or eat too much

Further reading

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