dar bola

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/ [ˈda(h) ˈbɔ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/ [ˈda(h) ˈbɔ.lɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɾ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ) ˈbɔ.lɐ/ [ˈda(χ) ˈbɔ.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɻ) ˈbɔ.la/

Verb

dar bola (first-person singular present dou bola, first-person singular preterite dei bola, past participle dado bola)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic) to care (about), to give attention (to) [with para]
   1. to flirt (with), to make oneself available (to)

Spanish

Verb

dar bola

1. (idiomatic) to pay attention to

Further reading

• “dar bola 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
• “dar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010