darse [dar’-say]
verb reflexive
1To yield, to cease resistance, to give in.
- Darse a -> with noun or infinitive, to execute quickly or repeatedly the action of the verb
2To give oneself up to virtue or vice.
3Darse a la vela.
4to surrender at discretion, in hunting (pájaros), to halt fatigued. (Military)
5To concern, to interest.
- Darse por vencido -> to surrender
- Me doy por vencido -> I give it up
- Darse las manos -> to shake hands
- Darse maña -> to manage one’s affairs in an able manner; to contrive
- Darse prisa -> to make haste, to hasten, to accelerate
- Darse una panzada -> (Coll.) to be fed to satiety and sickness
- Darse una vuelta -> to scrutinize one’s own conduct, to find out one’s own faults
- Si se da el caso -> if that happens
- El cultivo se da bien este año -> the crop is coming on well this year
- Darse por perdido -> to give oneself up for lost
- Se le dan muy bien las matemáticas -> she’s pretty good at maths
- Dársela a uno -> to fool somebody
(Naut.) to set sail.
