gastárselas

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

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.

• “gastarlas, o gastárselas”, 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