"gastárselas" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

IPA: /ɡasˈtaɾselas/, [ɡasˈt̪aɾ.se.las] Forms: me las gasto [first-person, present, singular], me las gasté [first-person, preterite, singular], las gastado [participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɾselas Head templates: {{es-verb}} gastárselas (first-person singular present me las gasto, first-person singular preterite me las gasté, past participle las gastado)
  1. (idiomatic) to be like; to behave; to be up to (generally with negative connotations) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: gastarlas

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    "gas‧tár‧se‧las"
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          "english": "pass oneself off as a bohemian",
          "text": "gastárselas de bohemio",
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        },
        {
          "english": "He had to always stay alert because he knew what the General was like.",
          "ref": "2012, Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez, Más allá del arco iris",
          "text": "debe estar siempre alerta porque ya se dio cuenta cómo se las gasta el General",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to be like; to behave; to be up to (generally with negative connotations)"
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          "behave",
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          "up to",
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) to be like; to behave; to be up to (generally with negative connotations)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "gastarlas"
        }
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡasˈtaɾselas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡasˈt̪aɾ.se.las]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾselas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gastárselas"
}
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "me las gasté",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "las gastado",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
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          "english": "pass oneself off as a bohemian",
          "text": "gastárselas de bohemio",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He had to always stay alert because he knew what the General was like.",
          "ref": "2012, Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez, Más allá del arco iris",
          "text": "debe estar siempre alerta porque ya se dio cuenta cómo se las gasta el General",
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        "to be like; to behave; to be up to (generally with negative connotations)"
      ],
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          "behave",
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          "up to",
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        "(idiomatic) to be like; to behave; to be up to (generally with negative connotations)"
      ],
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        {
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡasˈtaɾselas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡasˈt̪aɾ.se.las]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾselas"
    }
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}

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