gastárselas

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtaɾselas/ [ɡasˈt̪aɾ.se.las]
• Rhymes: -aɾselas
• Syllabification: gas‧tár‧se‧las

Verb

gastárselas (first-person singular present me las gasto, first-person singular preterite me las gasté, past participle las gastado)

1. (idiomatic) to be like; to behave; to be up to (generally with negative connotations)

   Synonym: gastarlas

   gastárselas de bohemio

   pass oneself off as a bohemian

   • 2012, Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez, Más allá del arco iris:

     debe estar siempre alerta porque ya se dio cuenta cómo se las gasta el General

     He had to always stay alert because he knew what the General was like.

Further reading

• “gastarlas, o gastárselas”, 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