dar en hueso

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to strike in the bone”.

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to hit someone hard

Further reading

• “dar en hueso”, 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