dar la vara
Spanish
Verb
dar la vara (first-person singular present doy la vara, first-person singular preterite di la vara, past participle dado la vara)
- (idiomatic) to annoy, bother
- Synonym: dar la chapa
Further reading
- “dar la vara 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