dar caña
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ ˈkaɲa/ [ˌd̪aɾ ˈka.ɲa]
- Syllabification: dar ca‧ña
Verb
dar caña (first-person singular present doy caña, first-person singular preterite di caña, past participle dado caña)
- (colloquial) to rev up, accelerate, get going
- Synonym: meter caña
- ¡Dale caña al fuego!
- Turn on the fire!
Further reading
- “caña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024