hacerse la rata

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to play the rat”. === Verb === hacerse la rata (first-person singular present me hago la rata, first-person singular preterite me hice la rata, past participle hecho la rata) (idiomatic, Rioplatense) to skip school === Further reading === “hacer, o hacerse, la rata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025