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dar

/ˈdaɾ/, [ˈd̪aɾ]

give, to give

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

  1. (transitive) to give, to give out
  2. (transitive) to hand over
  3. (transitive) to hit
    Me han dado en la cabeza.
    They hit me on my head.
  4. (transitive) to emit
  5. (transitive) to produce
  6. (transitive) to perform
  7. (transitive) to consider
    Doy eso por menos que yo.
    I consider that beneath me.
    Yo lo doy por muerto.
    I consider him dead.
  8. (transitive with con) to encounter; to find with effort
    Dimos con María.
    We encountered Maria.
    Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas.
    We finally found the building after three hours.
  9. (transitive) to hit upon
  10. (colloquial, intransitive, or transitive with a) to press, activate
    darle al botón
    to press the button
  11. (transitive, colloquial) to ruin; mess up
    Me dio la noche
    It ruined the night for me
  12. (reflexive) to occur
  13. (reflexive) to grow naturally
    El maíz se da en esta tierra.
    Corn grows on this land.
  14. (reflexive) to hit
    El coche se dio con/contra un árbol.
    The car hit a tree.
  15. (reflexive + por) to assume
    darse por vencido
    to assume to be defeated
    darse por muerto
    to assume to be dead
  16. (reflexive, informal) to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
    Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado.
    He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied.
  17. (reflexive, Mexico) to surrender
    ¿Te das? — Me doy.
    Do you surrender? — I surrender.
  18. (reflexive, transitive, El Salvador, vulgar) to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
    Vos solo te la das.
    You just fuck her.
    Me quiero dar a José.
    I want to fuck José.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Es tan difícil que he decidido dar por vencido mis intentos.

    It's is so difficult that I have decided to give up trying.

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  • ¿Me podría dar algo de té?

    Could I get some tea?

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  • El camión casi atropelló al niño al dar marcha atrás.

    That kid was almost run over when the truck backed up.

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  • Ahora no quiero dar un paseo.

    I don't want to take a walk now.

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  • Ahora no tengo ganas de dar un paseo.

    I don't feel like taking a walk now.

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  • ¿Te gustaría dar un paseo?

    Would you care to go for a walk?

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  • No puedo más que dar a mi hermano por perdido.

    I can only give up my brother for lost.

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  • ¿Me puede dar un aventón?

    Can you give me a ride?

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  • No se puede dar gusto a todo el mundo.

    You cannot please everyone.

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  • ¿Qué me puedes dar?

    What can you give me?

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