Dar Expressions

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Giving Spanish Expressions

The Spanish verb dar literally means "to give" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions, including to end up in, to hunt down, and to whitewash. Learn these and dozens of other Spanish expressions featuring dar.

Dar translations

• to give
• to hand
• to pass
• to deliver

Dar expressions

dar a			to face, be facing, look out on
dar a conocer			to introduce, present
dar a entender que			to imply that
dar a la bomba			to pump
dar a luz un niño			to give birth to a child
dar a uno de puñetazos			to punch someone
dar algo/a alguien por perdido			to give something/someone up for lost
dar asco			to disgust
dar calabazas			to jilt, to flunk
dar carta blanca a uno			to give someone carte blanche / free rein
dar caza a			to hunt (down)
dar como			to consider, regard, assume
dar con			to meet, run into to hit on (a solution)
dar con algo en el suelo			to drop something, knock s.t. to the ground
dar consigo en			to end up, land in
dar contra			to hit, knock against, bang into
dar cuerda a			to wind
dar con			to find, run into
dar de barniz a			to varnish
dar de beber			to give drink to
dar de cabeza			to fall on one's head
dar de comer			to feed
dar de jalbegue a			to whitewash
dar de narices			to fall flat on one's face
dar de narices contra la puerta			to walk into the door
dar de sí			to have give, be able to stretch to yield a lot, bear heavily
dar ejemplo			to set an example
dar el golpe de gracia			to finish someone off, give the coup de grâce
dar en			to hit, strike
dar en ello			to see the point
dar en + infinitive			to get into the habit of + -ing
dar gritos			to shout
dar guerra			to make trouble
dar la hora			to strike the hour
dar la lata			to make a nuisance of oneself
dar la mano a alguien			to shake hands with someone
dar la señal			to give the signal
dar la vuelta			to turn over, flip
dar las buenas noches a uno			to say good-night to someone
dar las gracias			to thank
dar los buenos días a uno			to say hello to someone
dar negativo	(test results)		to be negative
dar pena			to sadden, worry
dar permiso			to grant permission
dar por			to consider, regard, assume
dar por sentado			to take for granted, consider settled
dar por (+ infinitive) a uno			to get it into one's head to, to decide to ___
dar positivo	(test results)		to be positive
dar rienda suelta a			to give free rein to
dar sobre			to overlook, look out over
dar tras uno			to pursue someone
dar un abrazo			to hug, embrace
dar un golpe			to bump, hit
dar un paseo			to take a walk, ride
dar una vuelta			to take a walk, ride
dar vueltas a algo			to think something over
darla de			to brag about (being)
darle al vicio			to be on drugs
darse			to surrender, give in/up
darse a			to take on, devote oneself to
darse a la bebida			to take to drink
darse a conocer			to make a name for oneself
darse a conocer a uno			to make oneself known to someone
darse a creer que			to start thinking that
darse cuenta de			to realize, be aware of
darse la mano			to shake hands
darse por			to consider oneself
darse por ofendido			to take offense
darse por vencido			to give up, acknowledge defeat
darse prisa			to hurry
darse tono			to put on airs
dársela (con queso) a uno	(informal)		to fool/trick someone
dárselas de			to pose as, pretend to be
Ahí me las den todas			I can cope with anything, That doesn't bother me.
A mí no me la das	(informal)		You can't fool me.
A quien dan no escoge.			Beggars can't be choosers.
¡Dale!			Hit him!, After him!, Come on!
¡Dale que dale!			Get over it! Stop going on about it!
el cultivo se da bien			the crop is coming up well
estar dale que dale a			to be going over and over s.t., keep working on
lo mismo da			it's all the same, it makes no difference
lo mismo me da, me da igual			it's all the same to me
no se me da mal			I'm not doing too badly
no se me da un bledo/higo/rábano de			I couldn't care less about
Por si vienen mal dadas			In case of emergency, for a rainy day
¡Qué más da!			Never mind! It doesn't matter!
se la da a su marido	(informal)		she's cheating on her husband
si se da el caso			if that happens
¡Y dale!			There he goes again!

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