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dale que te pego

Meaning: relentlessly; without stopping or holding back.

Language: Spanish

Literally: hit that I hit you

Category: The Absurd

Origin: Origin uncertain; the phrase may derive from children's back-and-forth hitting or quarreling, suggesting ceaseless repetition.

More idioms — The Absurd

  • no haber color — there is no comparison; one option is vastly superior to another.
  • a montones — In vast quantities; abundantly available and unremarkable.
  • crecer como la espuma — To increase or expand very rapidly and dramatically.
  • viva estampa — An exact likeness; someone or something that looks exactly like another.
  • éramos pocos y parió la abuela — as if that wasn't enough, things went from bad to worse.
  • no sé qué y no sé cuánto — An undefined or vague something; an indescribable quality or collection of things.

More Spanish idioms

  • tira y afloja — a back-and-forth negotiation or struggle where each side gives and takes.
  • a escondidillas — in secret; covertly or without someone's knowledge.
  • como pez en el agua — perfectly at ease in a situation; in one's natural element.
  • de pitiminí — something trivial or of insignificant value.
  • cada muerte de obispo — extremely rarely; once in a blue moon.
  • arroz con mango — a chaotic, confused mess or pandemonium.

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