cantar el gallo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "the cock crows"

Verb

cantar el gallo (first-person singular present canto el gallo, first-person singular preterite canté el gallo, past participle cantado el gallo)

1. (idiomatic, Cuba, for a time of payment) to run out; to reach the deadline

Further reading

• “cantar el gallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28