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Definition 2024

make_a_living

make a living

English

Verb

make a living ‎(third-person singular simple present makes a living, present participle making a living, simple past and past participle made a living)

To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.

Translations

earn enough income

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過活 (zh), 过活 (zh) ‎(guòhuó), 營生 (zh), 营生 (zh) ‎(yíngshēng), 謀生 (zh), 谋生 (zh) ‎(móushēng), 糊口 (zh) ‎(húkǒu), 混飯吃 (zh), 混饭吃 (zh) ‎(hùnfànchī)
Czech: uživit se
Dutch: zich in zijn levensonderhoud voorzien
Finnish: tulla toimeen (fi), ansaita elantonsa
French: gagner sa vie (fr)
German: sich seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen (sich in dative case)
Greek: βγάζω το ψωμί μου ‎(vgázo to psomí mou)
Italian: guadagnarsi da vivere

Japanese: 生計を立てる ‎(せいけいをたてる, seikei o tateru), 食べていく ‎(tabete iku)
Korean:
Latin: mereo
Polish: zarabiać na życie
Portuguese: ganhar a vida
Romanian: a-și câștiga existența, a-și câștiga traiul
Russian: зараба́тывать на жизнь impf ‎(zarabátyvatʹ na žiznʹ), зарабо́тать на жизнь pf ‎(zarabótatʹ na žiznʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: thoir aran
Spanish: ganarse la vida
Swedish: försörja sig, tjäna sitt levebröd
Thai:
Ukrainian:
Vietnamese:

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