dar la vara

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to annoy, bother

   Synonym: dar la chapa

Further reading

• “dar la vara 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