dar cien vueltas

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dar mil vueltas, dar cien mil vueltas

Etymology

Literally, “to give a hundred turns/laps/spinning”.

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, transitive) to beat the pants off, to wipe the floor with, to run rings around, to be much better (than), be far better at (something)

   Le da cien vueltas a su hermano.

   He wipes the floor with his brother.

2. (idiomatic, transitive) to brood on, to chew on, to mull over, to go over

   Synonym: dar vueltas

Further reading

• “dar cien vueltas 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