dar jabón

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to flatter, to butter up, to soft-soap [with a ‘someone’]

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with dar un jabón.

Further reading

• “dar jabón 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