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dar el cante

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
dar el cante loc verb	coloquial (desentonar, ser inapropiado) (figurative)	stick out like a sore thumb v expr
	(more formal)	make an exhibition of yourself v expr
	Si te pones ese vestido vas a dar el cante.
	If you wear that dress, you will stick out like a sore thumb.
dar el cante loc verb	coloquial (denunciar, dar el soplo)	to tip someone off vtr phrasal insep
	(infantile)	tattle on, squeal on vtr phrasal insep
	(UK, dated)	split on vtr phrasal insep
	Los ladrones huyeron antes de que llegara la policía porque alguien les dio el cante.
	The thieves fled before the police arrived because someone tipped them off.

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