dar atole con el dedo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ aˌtole kon el ˈdedo/ [ˌd̪aɾ aˌt̪o.le kõn el̪ ˈd̪e.ð̞o]
- Syllabification: dar a‧to‧le con el de‧do
Verb
dar atole con el dedo (first-person singular present doy atole con el dedo, first-person singular preterite di atole con el dedo, past participle dado atole con el dedo)
- (colloquial, idiomatic, Mexico, El Salvador) to deceive (someone).
- Synonym: engañar
- No me des atole con el dedo, dime la verdad.
- Don't deceive me, tell me the truth
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “dar atole con el dedo a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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