dar el alto
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ el ˈalto/ [ˌd̪aɾ el ˈal̪.t̪o]
- Syllabification: dar el al‧to
Verb
dar el alto (first-person singular present doy el alto, first-person singular preterite di el alto, past participle dado el alto)
- (idiomatic) to make someone or something stop
Further reading
- “dar el alto a alguien o algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025