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Question

I've interpreted dares las manos as "to shake hands" o "to lend a hand." Pero, más temprano leí que significa también "to make up" como, "Te daré las manos mañana," es decir, "I'll make it up to you tomorrow."

¿Es verdad ese significado también?

I've edited the post to make all of it visible. Disculpe. - Helado_eclectico, Feb 5, 2014

Gracias. And yes, "darse" not "dares"...typos. - jstackiv, Feb 5, 2014

Answer 1

To shake hands ....... Darle la mano a alguien.

To lend a hand ..... Darle una mano a alguien.

No se ve todo tu texto por si acaso tenías más comentario.

Excellent post, as always, JC. Didn't know that distinction. - Helado_eclectico, Feb 5, 2014

Espero que un día nos demos las manos. - annierats, Feb 5, 2014

You mean 'las alas'. I was under the impression that JC was a bird seeing how he gets to these threads so fast. - Helado_eclectico, Feb 6, 2014

Answer 2

If you mean 'darse las manos', I've frequently seen it on Duolingo used as 'join hands':

Nos damos las manos

We join hands.

For shaking hands, I've seen 'dar la mano' from the speaker's point of view, 'darse la mano' at least once (I think it was the same construct as 'nos damos' in that case) and 'estrechar la mano' in nearly every other case.

For lending hands, I've never seen 'darse la mano', but 'tender la mano' and 'ayudar' ('asistir' too, sometimes).

I've not seen a lot of Spanish, either, so native help might be, well, helpful. Good luck!

Answer 3

Shake : dar, estrechar la/s mano/s.

Lend : echar una mano (no manos), prestar ayuda.

Otro uso : dar una mano de pintura (a la pared, por ejemplo).