dar asco

to make feel sick

to disgust

dar asco(dahr ahs-koh)

transitive verb phrase

1. (to revolt)

a. to make feel sick

El simple olor a pescado me da asco.

Just the smell of fish makes me feel sick.

b. to turn one's stomach

¿No te comes los caracoles? - No puedo. Me dan asco.

Aren't you eating the snails? - I can't. They turn my stomach.

c. to hate

Desde niño, las sopas siempre le han dado mucho asco.

He's always hated soups, since he was a child.

2. (to cause disapproval)

a. to disgust

A mí los viejos verdes como él me dan mucho asco.

Dirty old men like him really disgust me.

b. to be sickening

Lo que le están haciendo a esa pobre gente da asco. Y luego se llaman a sí mismos gobernantes.

What they're doing to those poor people is sickening. And then they call themselves leaders.

3. (to be very dirty)

a. to be a pigsty

¿Has visto su coche? Da verdadero asco.

Have you seen his car? It's a real pigsty.