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VPR1) [+ marido, trabajo] to find (o.s.); [+ ayuda, patrocinador] to get, findya tendrías que buscarte trabajo — you should find yourself a job o start looking for a job
yo me busco la vida como puedo — I (try to) earn o make a living as best as I can
no me vengas con historias, búscate la vida — stop bothering me, sort it out for yourself
2) [+ problemas]no te busques más problemas — don't bring more problems on yourself, don't make more trouble for yourself
él se lo buscó — he brought it on himself, he asked for it *
te la estás buscando — you're asking for it, you're asking for trouble
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■buscarse vr (problemas, la ruina, una discusión) to ask for
♦ Locuciones: ¡te la estás buscando!, you're asking for it!
' buscarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
garbanzo
- vida
- buscar
English:
invite
- trouble
* * *vprbuscarse la ruina to bring about one's own downfall;buscársela to be asking for it;no sigas así, te la estás buscando you're asking for it if you carry on like that2. CompFambuscarse la vida [ganarse el sustento] to seek one's fortune;[arreglárselas uno solo] to look after oneself;búscate la vida, pero el trabajo tiene que estar acabado hoy I don't care how you do it, but the work has to be finished todayse busca: pastor alemán lost: German shepherd;se busca camarero waiter wanted -
42 buscarse la vida*
(=ganar dinero) to try to earn o make a living; (=arreglárselas solo) to manage on one's own, get by on one's own
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make one's living — earn a living … English contemporary dictionary
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