dar la brasa: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To bother, pester, or nag someone by talking repeatedly about the same subject or by making persistent demands.
- To bore someone with long or tedious talk; to be a nuisance through repeated or insistent behavior.
Examples
BetaPedro me dio la brasa todo el día con sus historias del trabajo.
Pedro bothered me all day with his work stories.
Los vecinos dieron la brasa varias veces por el ruido de la fiesta.
The neighbors repeatedly bothered us because of the noise from the party.
Examples:
- ES: Nos va a dar la brasa.EN: I get the idea that she's gonna give us a lot of grief.
- ES: Y empezarán a dar la brasa de nuevo.EN: And the hassling will start again.
- ES: ¿A dar la brasa?EN: Hassling?
- ES: Penny, ¿has terminado de dar la brasa con los curdi-burros que has traído a casa?EN: Penny, are you done yapping about the jackasses you've brought home?
- ES: Hasta muerto tiene que dar la brasa el cabrón.EN: Even in death he's a pain in the arse.
- ES: No te voy a dar la brasa con mis opiniones progresistas esta vez.EN: I'm gonna spare you with my liberal browbeating this time.
- ES: Da igual, no deja de dar la brasa pidiendo curro.EN: Come on. Kid's been hounding me for work. Whine-yap-yap.
- ES: No para de dar la brasa con las pelis de Aamir Khan.EN: He just keeps yapping about Aamir Khan movies.
- ES: Tú deja de dar la brasa con Cecília y tendrás tus canales y dinero.EN: Now listen, please quit the Cecília thing and you'll have your money and channels again.
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