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What does “Dar calabazas” mean?

SpanishFood and drinkInformal

Dar calabazas

Word for word

To give pumpkins

What it really means

To reject someone who has declared their feelings, or to end a relationship. It also appears in the sense of failing a student, but the romantic use is the common one.

How we say it in English

To turn someone down

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