da papucii

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to give the slippers. Partial calque of Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (pabucunu eline vermek).

Verb[edit]

a da papucii (third-person singular present dă papucii, past participle dat papucii) 1st conj.

  1. (idiomatic) to chase away