dar en hueso
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to strike in the bone”.
Verb
dar en hueso (first-person singular present doy en hueso, first-person singular preterite di en hueso, past participle dado en hueso)
- (idiomatic) to hit someone hard
Further reading
- “dar en hueso”, 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