irse al tacho

Spanish

Verb

irse al tacho (first-person singular present me voy al tacho, first-person singular preterite me fui al tacho, past participle ido al tacho)

1. (idiomatic) to fail; to go pear-shaped
2. (idiomatic) to shuffle off this mortal coil; to pass away

Further reading

• “irse al tacho alguien o algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10