darse de calabazadas
Spanish
Verb
darse de calabazadas (first-person singular present me doy de calabazadas, first-person singular preterite me di de calabazadas, past participle dado de calabazadas)
- (idiomatic, figurative) To bang one's head against a brick wall; to go nowhere fast
Further reading
- “darse de calabazadas”, 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