estar al quite

Spanish

Verb

estar al quite (first-person singular present estoy al quite, first-person singular preterite estuve al quite, past participle estado al quite)

(idiomatic) to be ready to leap to someone's defence

Further reading

“estar al quite, o a los quites”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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