dar que pensar
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to give (something) to think about”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ ke penˈsaɾ/ [ˌd̪aɾ ke pẽnˈsaɾ]
- Syllabification: dar que pen‧sar
Verb
dar que pensar (first-person singular present doy que pensar, first-person singular preterite di que pensar, past participle dado que pensar)
- to give [someone] food for thought
Further reading
- “dar que pensar”, 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