sacar de la manga
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˌkaɾ de la ˈmanɡa/ [saˌkaɾ ð̞e la ˈmãŋ.ɡa]
- Syllabification: sa‧car de la man‧ga
Verb
sacar de la manga (first-person singular present saco de la manga, first-person singular preterite saqué de la manga, past participle sacado de la manga)
- (reflexive, idiomatic) to make up, to come up with
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Further reading
- “sacarse algo de la manga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025