da papucii
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to give the slippers”. Partial calque of Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (pabucunu eline vermek).
Verb
[edit]a da papucii (third-person singular present dă papucii, past participle dat papucii) 1st conjugation
- (idiomatic, colloquial) to dump (end a relationship) [with dative]
Further reading
[edit]- papuc in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)