dar cuerda
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to give rope”.
Verb
[edit]dar cuerda (first-person singular present doy cuerda, first-person singular preterite di cuerda, past participle dado cuerda)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to wind up (a toy, clock etc.)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to get started
Further reading
[edit]- “dar cuerda a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014