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Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “to give ready”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda ˈɡa.ta/
- Hyphenation: da ga‧ta
Verb
a da gata (third-person singular present dă gata, past participle dat gata) 1st conjugation (transitive, idiomatic)
- to finish, especially in an impressive manner
- to hit one hard
- Synonym: termina
1972 March, Octavian Popa, “Convorbire cu Ieronim [A talk with Ieronim]”, in Orizont, 23, number 215, Timișoara, page 44:Nu vezi cum am slăbit ? Operația m-a dat gata, abia mă țin pe picioare.- Can’t you see how thin I’ve become? The operation hit me hard, I can hardly stand up.
- to kill
1983, “Drumețul [The traveller]”, in Marcel Petrișor, Zaira Calciu-Samharadze, transl., Șatili: proză gruzină contemporană) [Shatili: contemporary Georgian prose], Bucharest: Univers, translation of original by Guram Haraidze, page 68:Data al meu, zice ea, nu-i omul pe care să-l dea gata glonțul…- My Data, she says, is not a man a bullet could kill…
- (figurative) Synonym of da pe spate (“to blow away, impress”)
1983, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Dimineață pierdută [Wasted morning], Bucharest: Cartea Românească, page 384:Da’ știi că m-ai dat gata: n-aș fi zis că ești așa pricepută să faci să meargă o vechitură!- But you know, you blew me away: I wouldn’t have said you were so skilled at getting an old piece of junk to work!
- to seduce (pick up)
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