coger el toro por los cuernos

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Spanish

Alternative forms

tomar el toro por los cuernos

Verb

coger el toro por los cuernos (first-person singular present cojo el toro por los cuernos, first-person singular preterite cogí el toro por los cuernos, past participle cogido el toro por los cuernos)

(idiomatic) to take the bull by the horns

Further reading

“coger el, o al, toro por las astas, o por los cuernos”, 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

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