quedarse para vestir santos

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “to stay in order to dress saints”.

Verb[edit]

quedar se para vestir santos (first-person singular present me quedo para vestir santos, first-person singular preterite me quedé para vestir santos, past participle quedado para vestir santos)

(idiomatic) to remain on the shelf (of a woman, remain unmarried)

See also[edit]

solterona

Further reading[edit]

“quedarse para vestir santos una mujer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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