criar malvas

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to breed mallows”.

Verb

criar malvas (first-person singular present crío malvas, first-person singular preterite crie malvas, past participle criado malvas)

1. (idiomatic) to push up daisies

Further reading

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