dar calabazas
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to give pumpkins”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ kalaˈbaθas/ [ˌd̪aɾ ka.laˈβ̞a.θas] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ kalaˈbasas/ [ˌd̪aɾ ka.laˈβ̞a.sas] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: dar ca‧la‧ba‧zas
Verb
[edit]dar calabazas (first-person singular present doy calabazas, first-person singular preterite di calabazas, past participle dado calabazas)
- (idiomatic, transitive) to jilt, to snub
- (transitive, idiomatic) to fail (a student)
- Synonyms: reprobar, desaprobar, jalar (Peru, colloquial)
Further reading
[edit]- “calabaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10