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Spanish
Verb
estar al cabo de la calle (first-person singular present estoy al cabo de la calle, first-person singular preterite estuve al cabo de la calle, past participle estado al cabo de la calle)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to know a thing or two (about); to be well aware
- Synonym: estar al cabo
2008, Petra Martínez, Ados@dos:Ahora, sí, estoy al cabo de la calle de mi edad. Me siento mayor.- Yeah, now I am aware of my age. I feel old.
23 April 2017, Francisco Correal, quoting Agustín Villar, “"Me niego a subir a las 'setas' por una actitud quijotesca"”, in Diario de Sevilla:Estabas al cabo de la calle de las últimas tendencias y llegué a una ciudad que se miraba demasiado a sí misma.- I was well aware of the latest trends and arrived at an excessively inward-looking town,
Usage notes
Always "al cabo de la calle de + noun" or "al cabo de la calle de que + clause (in indactive mood)"
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