buscarse la vida

== Spanish == === Verb === buscarse la vida (first-person singular present me busco la vida, first-person singular preterite me busqué la vida, past participle buscado la vida) (idiomatic) to fend for oneself, to get by on one’s own, to sort it out for yourself ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “buscar, o buscarse, alguien la vida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025