dar parte

Literally, "give report"

dar parte (first-person singular present doy parte, first-person singular preterite di parte, past participle dado parte)

1. (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) to report (on something)

   dar parte del hecho a la policía

   report the fact to the police

   • 1884, Benito Pérez Galdós, La de Bringas:

     Antes quiso dar parte A su marido de la desazón de la niña.

     First I wanted to report the girl's unrest to her father.

   • 1900, Leopoldo Alas, La Regenta, chapter 20:

     dos o tres veces al día entraba en casa del Provisor a dar parte de las murmuraciones a su jefe, a doña Paula, que le pagaba bien.

     two or three times a day he came into the Provisor's house to share word of the murmurings to his boss, Lady Paula, who paid him well.

• dar el soplo

• “dar parte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014