llevar el compás

Literally, "to carry the baton"

llevar el compás (first-person singular present llevo el compás, first-person singular preterite llevé el compás, past participle llevado el compás)

1. (idiomatic) to lead an orchestra (as a conductor)

• “llevar el compás”, 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