dar la lata

• dar lata

Literally, “to give the can”.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɾ la ˈlata/ [ˌd̪aɾ la ˈla.t̪a]
• Syllabification: dar la la‧ta

dar la lata (first-person singular present doy la lata, first-person singular preterite di la lata, past participle dado la lata)

1. (idiomatic, Chile, Colombia, Spain) to annoy, bug

• “dar la lata, o dar lata, a alguien”, 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