con mal pie
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “with [the] bad foot”.
Adverb edit
- (idiomatic) unsuccessfully, badly, on the wrong foot
- Synonyms: a contrapié, sin éxito
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “con mal pie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014