dar bola

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/ [ˈda(h) ˈbɔ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/ [ˈda(h) ˈbɔ.lɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɾ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/ [ˈda(χ) ˈbɔ.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɻ) ˈbɔ.la/

Verb

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

1. (transitive with para) (Brazil, idiomatic) to care [about], to give attention [to]
   1. to flirt [with], to make oneself available [to]

Spanish

Verb

dar bola

1. (idiomatic) to pay attention to

Further reading

• “dar alguien bola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014