ganarse los porotos

Spanish

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, Southern Cone) to make a living

Further reading

• “ganarse alguien los porotos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28