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dar caña

Spanish, verb/ˌdaɾ ˈkaɲa/

dar caña is a Spanish verb meaning “to rev up, accelerate, get going” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does dar caña mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto rev up, accelerate, get going

    ¡Dale caña al fuego!

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of dar caña

  • doy caña first-person present singular
  • di caña first-person preterite singular
  • dado caña participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dar caña?

  • /ˌdaɾ ˈkaɲa/
  • [ˌd̪aɾ ˈka.ɲa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.