ganarse la vida

Spanish

Verb

ganarse la vida (first-person singular present me gano la vida, first-person singular preterite me gané la vida, past participle ganado la vida)

1. (idiomatic) to make a living

   Synonym: ganarse los garbanzos

Related terms

• buscarse la vida

Further reading

• “ganar, o ganarse, alguien la vida”, 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