aquí te pillo, aquí te mato

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “Here I catch you, here I kill you”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˌki te ˌpiʝo | aˌki te ˈmato/ [aˌki t̪e ˌpi.ʝo | aˌki t̪e ˈma.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˌki te ˌpiʝo | aˌki te ˈmato/ [aˌki t̪e ˌpi.ʝo | aˌki t̪e ˈma.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aˌki te ˌpiʎo | aˌki te ˈmato/ [aˌki t̪e ˌpi.ʎo | aˌki t̪e ˈma.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˌki te ˌpiʃo | aˌki te ˈmato/ [aˌki t̪e ˌpi.ʃo | aˌki t̪e ˈma.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˌki te ˌpiʒo | aˌki te ˈmato/ [aˌki t̪e ˌpi.ʒo | aˌki t̪e ˈma.t̪o]

• Syllabification: a‧quí te pi‧llo, a‧quí te ma‧to

Phrase

aquí te pillo, aquí te mato

1. (Spain, vulgar, colloquial, idiomatic) hit it and quit it; wham, bam, thank you ma'am

Noun

aquí te pillo, aquí te mato m (plural aquí te pillo, aquí te mato)

1. (Spain, vulgar, colloquial, idiomatic) smash and dash

See also

• si te he visto no me acuerdo

Further reading

• “aquí te pillo, aquí te mato”, 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