buscavidas
Spanish
Etymology
From busca (“searches for”) + vidas (“livings”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buskaˈbidas/ [bus.kaˈβ̞i.ð̞as]
- Rhymes: -idas
- Syllabification: bus‧ca‧vi‧das
Noun
buscavidas m or f (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014