de gorra

Spanish

Etymology

From the custom at the University of Salamanca in the 16th century of rich students paying poor students for various tasks; the poor students were also invited to eat for free at banquets, where they stood out from the rich students by wearing simple caps (gorras).[1]

Adverb

de gorra

  1. (idiomatic) on someone's dime, at the expense of someone else

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ https://blogs.20minutos.es/yaestaellistoquetodolosabe/tag/vivir-de-gorra/

Further reading

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