dar grima

Galician

Etymology

Literally, “to give the creeps”.

Verb

dar grima (first-person singular present dou grima, first-person singular preterite dei grima, past participle dado grima)

1. (idiomatic) to give someone the creeps

   Synonym: arrepiar

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Ay Jesús! miña Joiña!
     non falemos nesto mais,
     que dá grima sò o pensalo,
     Deus vos garde bo é san.
     Santiago. Febreiro doce
     Aÿ! que non sey que me dà,
     que me esfraquezo de todo,
     è non podo vafexàr.

     Oh, Jesus! My Jewel!
     Let's not talk about this anymore
     because it gives one the creeps just to think about it.
     God take care of you, safe and sound.
     Santiago, February twelve
     Oh!, I don't know what happens to me
     I'm totally weakening
     and I can't breath

   • 1777, anonymous author, Urca, page 5:

     foi tal o terror que concibeu neste aflicto, que cando se vai lavar hastr'a auga lle dá grimo

     he built such a terror because of that affliction, that when he's going to wash himself even the water gives him the creeps

References

• “dar grima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “grima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Verb

dar grima (first-person singular present doy grima, first-person singular preterite di grima, past participle dado grima)

1. (idiomatic) to be disgusted by something repulsive

   La comida que preparó ayer me daba grima con tan sólo verla

   The meal he cooked yesterday disgusted me just at the sight of it.