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)

1. 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)
2. one who is excessively curious or impertinent

Further reading

• “buscavidas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014