hacer boca

Spanish

Verb

hacer boca (first-person singular present hago boca, first-person singular preterite hice boca, past participle hecho boca)

  1. (idiomatic) to whet someone's appetite
    • 1898, Benito Pérez Galdós, Luchana:
      «Anoche, para hacer boca, despaché cuatro ruedas de merluza, y encima una docena de chimbos de higuera, que fueron seguidos por una tanda de barbarines...».
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