petatearse

Spanish

Etymology

From petate +‎ -ear, because such mat or carpet was used by poor people to wrap a corpse. The reflexive form is an influence of morirse.

Verb

petatearse (first-person singular present me petateo, first-person singular preterite me petateé, past participle petateado)

1. (colloquial, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, pronominal) to die

   Synonyms: morir, colgar los tenis, palmar

Further reading

• “petatearse”, 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