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dar grima: to be disgusted by something repulsive
dar gusto: to be nice; to be pleasant; to please someone, to give someone the pleasure of something
dar hora: to give an appointment
dar igual: translated in various ways with to not mind, to be indifferent, to not matter, couldn't care less, to make no difference either way
dar jabón: to flatter, to butter up, to soft-soap
dar la barrila: to kick up a fuss
dar la batalla: to do battle
dar la brasa: to bug, annoy, keep on
dar la cara: to face up to
dar la chapa: to bug, annoy, keep on
dar la espalda: to turn one's back; to refuse to help or aid somebody
dar la gana: to feel like (doing something); to fancy (doing something)
dar la hora: to strike (said of a bell)
dar la lata: to annoy, bug
dar la luz: to give birth
dar la murga: to bug, annoy, keep on
dar la nota: to attract attention, to make a spectacle of oneself
dar la palabra: to give the floor (allow to speak)
dar la salsa: to beat up; to give a beating
dar la tabarra: to piss someone off; get someone's goat
dar la talla: to hit the mark; fit the bill, measure up
dar la teta: to breastfeed
dar la vara: to annoy, bother
dar la voz de alarma: to raise the alarm
dar la vuelta: to turn around; to do/make a U-turn (a turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction); to go around; to flip, flip over, turn over, turn upside down; to turn inside out (to invert; to place the outer surface inside and put the inside surface to the outside)
dar la última mano: to add the finishing touch; to put the cherry on the cake
dar la última pincelada: to give the finishing touches
dar largas: to put off, to delay, to give somebody the runaround
dar las tantas: to cause someone to take a long time
dar las uvas: to cause to take a long time or to go slowly
dar lo mismo: synonym of dar igual
dar los buenos días: to greet in the morning; to say hello to (in the morning)
dar lugar: give place (to be replaced by something)
dar mala espina: to have a bad feeling about something; to give a bad feeling; to smell fishy (have suspicions about something)
dar manija: to egg on; to urge
dar marcha atrás: to back out (of an enterprise)
dar margaritas a los cerdos: to cast pearls before swine
dar miedo: to scare, to frighten
dar muerte: to kill
dar más mal que un hijo tonto: to be a real piece of work
dar palmas: to clap (hands)
dar palo: to peeve, annoy
dar palos de ciego: to lash out; to stab in the dark
dar parte: to report (on something)
dar paso: to make way, step aside; to give way to (to be succeeded by)
dar pena: to make somebody feel sorry for
dar pie: to give rise to
dar piso: to kill; to murder
dar plancha: be embarrassing
dar plantón: to stand up (not attend a date)
dar por concluido: to finalise; terminate
dar por descontado: synonym of dar por supuesto (“to take for granted”)
dar por el culo: to fuck in the ass; to fuck off, piss off (irritate)
dar por hecho: to take for granted, assume
dar por sentado: to take for granted, to assume
dar por supuesto: to assume, take for granted that something is true, without checking for proof
dar pábulo: to add fuel to the fire
dar que hablar: to give (people) something to talk about
dar que pensar: to give [someone] food for thought; to give pause
dar resultado: to take effect; to do the trick