dar el callo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "give one's callus"
Verb
[edit]dar el callo (first-person singular present doy el callo, first-person singular preterite di el callo, past participle dado el callo)
- (idiomatic) to work like a horse; to put one's nose to the grindstone
- Synonym: dejarse la piel
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dar el callo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014