barrer para casa
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “sweep for home/house”.
Verb
[edit]barrer para casa (first-person singular present barro para casa, first-person singular preterite barrí para casa, past participle barrido para casa)
- (idiomatic) to look out for number one
- Synonym: barrer para dentro
Further reading
[edit]- “barrer para casa”, 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