matar el gusanillo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “kill the [little] worm”.
Verb edit
matar el gusanillo (first-person singular present mato el gusanillo, first-person singular preterite maté el gusanillo, past participle matado el gusanillo)
- (idiomatic) to keep hunger at bay, to keep someone going
Further reading edit
- “matar el gusanillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014