fotre canya
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Verb edit
fotre canya (first-person singular present foto canya, first-person singular preterite fotí canya, past participle fotut canya)
- (colloquial, figurative, vulgar) to rev up, accelerate; to spur (a person)
- Synonyms: donar canya, donar pressa
- 2023, Roberto Santiago, El misteri del Drac Vermell (Les Princeses Rebels)[1], Estrella Polar, →ISBN:
- Au, va, fotem-li canya! —crida la princesa sueca.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- Víctor Pàmies i Riudor (2020–2024) “fotre-li canya”, in Paremiologia catalana comparada digital