dar caña

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɾ ˈkaɲa/ [ˌd̪aɾ ˈka.ɲa]

Verb

dar caña (first-person singular present doy caña, first-person singular preterite di caña, past participle dado caña)

1. (colloquial) to rev up, accelerate, get going

   Synonym: meter caña

   ¡Dale caña al fuego!

   Turn on the fire!

Further reading

• “caña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28