dar un jabón
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to give (someone) a soap”. Compare French passer un savon.
Verb
[edit]dar un jabón (first-person singular present doy un jabón, first-person singular preterite di un jabón, past participle dado un jabón)
- (idiomatic) (transitive with a) to castigate; to criticize harshly
Usage notes
[edit]- Not to be confused with dar jabón
Further reading
[edit]- “dar a alguien un jabón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014