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Home » Blog » Spanish Saying: PONER UN HUEVO CUADRADO

Spanish Saying: PONER UN HUEVO CUADRADO

Here is an illustration of a popular Spanish saying: poner un huevo cuadrado. This illustration is featured in the book Speaking Boricua.

Spanish Saying Poner un huevo cuadrado

Spanish Saying: Poner un huevo cuadrado

• Literal translation:
to lay a square egg.

• Meaning:
to make a big mistake

• Examples:
“Apple puso un huevo cuadrado con la nueva versión de Twitter for iPhone. Es un asco y no se lo mando a decir con nadie…” -by @Ariel_Sante on Twitter

“¡Uuuupssss, puse un huevo cuadrado! Me fui por la tangente usando thefreedictionary.com y esa fue la definición que me dió…” -by @CarlosGomez_NYC via Twitter

Apple puso un huevo cuadrado con la nueva versión de Twitter for iPhone. Es un asco y no se lo mando a decir con nadie…

— Ariel Saint (@Ariel_Sante) December 9, 2011

@AndresHirujo Uuuupssss, puse un huevo cuadrado! Me fui por la tangente usando http://t.co/hRIJBfQdOD y esa fue la definición que me dió…

— Carlos E. Gómez (@CarlosGomez_NYC) April 14, 2013

For more Spanish sayings check out these articles.

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