tirón de orejas

Spanish

Noun

tirón de orejas m (plural tirones de orejas)

1. earful; telling-off (reprimand)
2. ear-pull (the act of pulling someone's ears, often as a way of wishing someone happy birthday in some Spanish-speaking countries (rather like a birthday bump in some English-speaking regions))

Further reading

• “tirón de orejas”, 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