pasar por la piedra

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to pass through the stone”. It alludes to a round stone on which the victorious Roman centurion sodomized the defeated warlord and warriors, in plain view of the victors and the other defeated soldiers, as a form of humiliation and domination. In modern colloquial language, it means having exclusively physical sex with someone, performed in a rough and aggressive manner, though usually consensually. === Verb === pasar por la piedra (first-person singular present paso por la piedra, first-person singular preterite pasé por la piedra, past participle pasado por la piedra) (idiomatic) to humiliate (idiomatic) to have one's wicked way (with) === Further reading === “pasar por la piedra a alguien”, 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