tirón de orejas

Spanish

Noun

tirón de orejas m (plural tirones de orejas)

1. earful; telling-off (reprimand)
2. ear-pull (the act of pulling someone's ears, often as a way of wishing someone happy birthday in some Spanish-speaking countries (rather like a birthday bump in some English-speaking regions))

Further reading

• “tirón de orejas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014