pata de cabra

Spanish

A kickstand

A crowbar

Noun

pata de cabra f (plural patas de cabra)

1. kickstand (a levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden)

   Synonym: pata

2. crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy and jemmy bar (UK, Australia), prybar, pinchbar, nail bar

   Synonyms: pie de cabra, barreta, palanca, palanqueta, (Mexico) diablo, (Mexico) diablito

Further reading

• “pata de cabra”, 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