dorar la píldora

Spanish

Verb

dorar la píldora (first-person singular present doro la píldora, first-person singular preterite doré la píldora, past participle dorado la píldora)

1. (idiomatic) to sugarcoat the pill

Further reading

• “dorar la píldora a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10