botar a lingua a pastar

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Galician

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Etymology

Literally, to let the tongue go grazing, or more loosely translated as to let the tongue free-range.

Verb

botar a lingua a pastar (first-person singular present boto a lingua a pastar, first-person singular preterite botei a lingua a pastar, past participle botado a lingua a pastar)

  1. (idiomatic, sarcastic) to ramble; to rant; to talk nonsense; to talk too much
    Synonym: esbardallar
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Ôu mèu Crego? Seica qués,
      que eu vote a lengoa â pastàr?
      Catao ben, e despois non
      che pese, ò que ágora fás.
      Oh, my clergyman? Perchance you want
      that I let my tongue free range ?
      Watch it carefully, or either don't you later
      regret what you do now

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