dar un jabón

Literally, “to give (someone) a soap”. Compare French passer un savon.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɾ un xaˈbon/ [ˌd̪aɾ ũŋ xaˈβ̞õn]
• Syllabification: dar un ja‧bón

dar un jabón (first-person singular present doy un jabón, first-person singular preterite di un jabón, past participle dado un jabón)

1. (idiomatic) to castigate; to criticize harshly [with a ‘someone’]

• Not to be confused with dar jabón.

• “dar a alguien un jabón”, 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