da din cap

Romanian

Etymology

The sense of da (verb) is “to move”, the same as in a da din coadă (“to wag the tail”).

Verb

a da din cap (third-person singular present dă din cap, past participle dat din cap, third-person subjunctive dea din cap) 1st conjugation

  1. to nod affirmatively
  2. to shake one's head in negation
    • 2008, Liana Stan, transl., Îndrăzneala de a spera, Bucharest: RAO International, translation of The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, →ISBN, page 306:
      I-am întrebat dacă credeau că o retragere a trupelor americane ar fi atenuat aceste tensiuni, așteptându-mă să răspundă afirmativ. În schimb, au dat din cap.
      I asked them if they believed that a withdrawal of American troops would ease these tensions, expecting them to answer affirmatively. But they shook their heads.

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