estar a la corda

estar a la corda (first-person singular present estoy a la corda, first-person singular preterite estuve a la corda, past participle estado a la corda)

1. (nautical, idiomatic) to sail against a head wind

• “estar a la corda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28