Ya se petateó

This was another one of those expressions that gave me that famous deer in headlights look.   

In order to understand this expression, we need find out what a petate is.

There's nothing better than a picture to explain things, so here you go:

A petate is (as you can see) a mat.  One of it's uses is for sleeping.  Another one of its uses was for burying people (at least that's what the Aztecs did), which is the key piece of information we need to understand our expression.  The deceased were wrapped and buried in a petate.  

Now we can move on to the verb petatear, which means to die.  Consider it a synonym of morir.  

At this point you probably don't need my help translate our expression.

Ya se petateó
He's already dead OR
He's dead now

If you want to learn a little more about petates, then click here.  I found it pretty interesting, but then again, I'm sort of a geek.

Well, that's it for today. 

¡Hasta pronto!