meter os pés pelas mãos
Portuguese, verb
meter os pés pelas mãos is spelled M-E-T-E-R-O-S-P-É-S-P-E-L-A-S-M-Ã-O-S (19 letters). Meter os pés pelas mãos is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mess up, to fuck up (to make a mistake, to go wrong)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does meter os pés pelas mãos mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mess up, to fuck up (to make a mistake, to go wrong)
Espero não ter metido os pés pelas mãos com essa coisa.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. agir sem pensar, atrapalhar-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of meter os pés pelas mãos
- meto os pés pelas mãos first-person present singular
- meti os pés pelas mãos first-person preterite singular
- metido os pés pelas mãos participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).