casarse de penalti

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “get married as a penalty”.

Verb

casarse de penalti (first-person singular present me caso de penalti, first-person singular preterite me casé de penalti, past participle casado de penalti)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) have a shotgun wedding

Further reading

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