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What does «dar rabia» mean in Dominican Spanish?
dar rabia
to make you mad
| Meaning | to make you mad |
|---|---|
| Standard Spanish | enfadar |
| Register | Colloquial |
«Me da rabia que no avisen.»
It makes me mad that they don't let you know.
Like «gustar»: me da rabia, te da rabia. It takes the subjunctive after it when the subject changes.
Related Dominican words
- aficie — a crush, being head over heels
- coger lucha — to stress out
- dar pena — to be embarrassing
- el quille — the anger, a temper
- estar quillao / estar quillá — to be mad
- ponerse bravo — to get angry
- quillarse — to get pissed off
- ¡ay, Dios mío! — oh my God!
- boche — a public telling-off
- coger un pique — to get annoyed
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