To act the fool, clown around or behave ridiculously. In Spain hacer el indio is playful buffoonery — though the expression carries dated connotations that many now avoid.

To stick your nose in something needlessly complicated, creating problems for yourself where there were none. In Spain this is the warning you get before you volunteer for something you can't handle.

To stick out embarrassingly, to make a scene, to draw attention in the worst way. In Spain, if you dar el cante, you're the person everyone is staring at — overdressed at a casual party, laughing too loud, making the group cringe.

A row, a scene, a big messy fuss. In Spain 'montar un pollo' means causing a dramatic commotion — chicken in Spanish, but the kind of noisy chaos that leaves everyone frazzled.