ganarse los porotos

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to earn yourself the beans”. === Verb === ganarse los porotos (first-person singular present me gano los porotos, first-person singular preterite me gané los porotos, past participle ganado los porotos) (idiomatic, Southern Cone) to bring home the bacon === Further reading === “ganarse alguien los porotos”, 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