enfiar o pé na jaca
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- meter o pé na jaca
Etymology
Literally, “to stick the foot in the jackfruit”.
Verb
enfiar o pé na jaca (first-person singular present enfio o pé na jaca, first-person singular preterite enfiei o pé na jaca, past participle enfiado o pé na jaca)
- (Brazil, idiomatic) to do something excessively (e.g. to eat too much)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “enfiar o pé na jaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026