dar cien vueltas
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to give a hundred turns/laps/spinning”.
Verb edit
dar cien vueltas (first-person singular present doy cien vueltas, first-person singular preterite di cien vueltas, past participle dado cien vueltas)
- (idiomatic, transitive) to beat the pants off, to wipe the floor with, to run rings around, to be much better (than), be far better at (something)
- Le da cien vueltas a su hermano.
- He wipes the floor with his brother.
- (idiomatic, transitive) to brood on, to chew on, to mull over, to go over
- Synonym: dar vueltas
Further reading edit
- “dar cien vueltas a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014