dar calabazas
Spanish
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to give pumpkins”.
Verb
editdar 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)
Further reading
edit- “calabaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014