dar chance

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to give opportunity (to someone)”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ ˈt͡ʃanθe/ [ˌd̪aɾ ˈt͡ʃãn̟.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ ˈt͡ʃanse/ [ˌd̪aɾ ˈt͡ʃãn.se] (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: dar chan‧ce === Verb === dar chance (first-person singular present doy chance, first-person singular preterite di chance, past participle dado chance) (colloquial, idiomatic, US, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic) to allow someone to do something; to grant the chance [with dative] (colloquial, idiomatic, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador) to [with dative] to make space for someone; to grant someone space [with dative] ==== Conjugation ==== See dar === Further reading === “dar chance”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010