arrojar el guante

Spanish

Verb

arrojar el guante (first-person singular present arrojo el guante, first-person singular preterite arrojé el guante, past participle arrojado el guante)

1. (idiomatic) to throw down the gauntlet

Related terms

• recoger el guante

 

Further reading

• “arrojar el guante a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10