dar brincos

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutralliteral
- To make small jumps or hops; to spring up repeatedly.
2.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- To jump for joy; to express great happiness or excitement by jumping.
3.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- To frolic, romp about, or move about playfully; to go out to have fun or behave in a lively, playful manner.
4.
SpainLatin Americacolloquial
- Used in negative constructions (e.g., 'no estar para dar brincos') to indicate not being in a mood or physical condition for lively activity or play.

Examples:

ES: "Al otro lado del prado, al ponerse el viejo papá sol la ardilla Molly empezó a dar brincos brincos, brincos... "
EN: "Way across the meadow as old Daddy Sun "was setting behind the purple hills "little Molly Cottontail went hippity hop, hippity hop, hippity hop, hip.."
ES: Me deja a su hijo y se va a dar brincos.
EN: Throws her baby in somebody else's house and runs out to do that.
ES: Y empezamos a dar brincos de alegría.
EN: And we all dance and make faces. What do we know about him?
ES: Júpiter empieza a dar brincos.
EN: Jupiter starts jumping.
ES: En unos minutos haremos que se ponga de pie y a dar brincos.
EN: - Incorrecto. We're going to have you up and bunny-hopping in a matter of minutes.
ES: Cuando empieza a dar brincos, me emborracho.
EN: When it starts bouncing around, I get drunk.
ES: Sí, dar brincos con jazz.
EN: You know, dancing and prancing to jazz?
ES: Se supone que tienes que dar brincos y hacerle cosquillas con la varita.
EN: You're supposed to prance out and tickle him with your fairy wand.
EN: You're supposed to prance out and tickle him with your fairy wand.
ES: No crean que iba a dar brincos por ese asunto.
EN: Not that I was gonna prance about it, mind you.
ES: -Eso no es bailar, es dar brincos.
EN: That's not dancing. That's cavorting.
ES: ¿A dar brincos?
EN: Leaplog?
ES: Y hasta aprendió a dar brincos.
EN: - Oh! And he even learned how to bounce.
ES: Va a dar brincos de gusto el oficial Wallis.
EN: Well, is Officer Wallis gonna be a happy man or what?
ES: Ladrar como un perro, dar brincos, lavar el auto.
EN: Bark like a dog, dance a jig, wash the car.
ES: ¿Simplemente sales a dar brincos por ahí como un conejito?
EN: You just go out there and gambol about like a bunny?
ES: Que no está para dar brincos.
EN: You're not in a good shape to go jumping.
ES: Sí, voy a necesitar que la hagas dar brincos de mariposa... "Brincos de mariposa" ...para intentar sacarlo.
EN: Yeah, I'm gonna need you to have her do jumping jacks... to try and shake it out.
ES: Podría dar brincos en estos momentos. Es como mi ángel de la guarda.
EN: This is,like,my saving grace.
ES: Puedo saltar, y puedo dar brincos.
EN: I can hop, and I can skip.
ES: Porque estos libros no son para cantar y dar brincos.
EN: Because these books simply do not lend themselves to chirping and prancing.

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