Mandarse un moco | una cagada = To screw stg up

We all make mistakes, and the first step towards making it up is acknowledging we screwed it up. In RPS Spanish there are two common ways of saying it:

• Me equivoque.
• Pifié.
• Me mandé un moco.
• Metí la pata.
• Me mandé un cagada.

Also, we can use the last two to prevent someone from making a mistake

• No te mandes ninguna cagada, eh.
• No metas la pata, eh.

There are people who seem fated for mistakes. Of them we say:

• [Fulano] siempre mete la pata.
• [Fulano] siempre se manda alguna cagada.

or, “es un catrasca” which shortens “cagada tras cagada”

Embrace mistakes and take the opportunity to practice using these new expressions!

Until soon,

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