ganarse los frijoles

Spanish

Verb

ganarse los frijoles (first-person singular present me gano los frijoles, first-person singular preterite me gané los frijoles, past participle ganado los frijoles)

1. (idiomatic, Honduras, Mexico) to make a living

Further reading

• “ganarse los frijoles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10