buscavidas
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to look for”) + vidas (“livings”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buskaˈbidas/ [bus.kaˈβ̞i.ð̞as]
- Rhymes: -idas
- Syllabification: bus‧ca‧vi‧das
Noun
buscavidas m or f by sense (plural buscavidas)
- hustler, go-getter (one who is good at finding easy employment, and who can easily exploit any ability he has to succeed in life and earn money)
- one who is excessively curious or impertinent
Further reading
- “buscavidas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024