dar calabazas
Spanish, verb/ˌdaɾ kalaˈbaθas/
dar calabazas is a Spanish verb meaning “to jilt, to snub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dar calabazas mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jilt, to snub
- 2
to fail (a student)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Ser rechazado o no correspondido en un requerimiento amoroso. 2. Suspender un examen.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dar calabazas
- doy calabazas first-person present singular
- di calabazas first-person preterite singular
- dado calabazas participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dar calabazas?
- /ˌdaɾ kalaˈbaθas/
- [ˌd̪aɾ ka.laˈβ̞a.θas]
- /ˌdaɾ kalaˈbasas/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dar calabazas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.