dar caña

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌdaɾ ˈkaɲa/ [ˌd̪aɾ ˈka.ɲa]

Verb

dar caña (first-person singular present doy caña, first-person singular preterite di caña, past participle dado caña)

(colloquial) to rev up, accelerate, get going
Synonym: meter caña

¡Dale caña al fuego!
Turn on the fire!

Further reading

“caña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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