What does liarse mean?

ExpressionColoquial

to get caught up in something

Getting tangled up in something and losing track of the time. It is the universal excuse for lateness, and its charm is that it admits no intent: you did not decide to stay, you got caught up. Careful though — liarse con alguien means something entirely different: getting off with them.

Perdona, me lié en el trabajo y se me fue la hora.
An excuse with nobody to blame in it.

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Unit 05

Unas bravas

«una cosa no quita la otra»

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