no levantar cabeza

Spanish

Verb

no levantar cabeza

1. (idiomatic) to put one's head down (to study, read, or write)
2. (idiomatic) to suffer many relapses after an illness
3. (idiomatic) to be eternally poor

Related terms

• levantar cabeza

 

Further reading

• “no levantar cabeza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014