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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