dar diente con diente

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, dated) to have one's teeth chattering (with cold or fear)

Further reading

• “dar diente con diente”, 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