buscavidas
Spanish, noun/buskaˈbidas/
buscavidas is spelled B-U-S-C-A-V-I-D-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buscavidas is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hustler, go-getter (one who is good at finding easy employment, and who can easily exploit any ability he has to succeed in life and earn…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona demasiado curiosa en averiguar vidas ajenas”.
What does buscavidas mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehustler, go-getter (one who is good at finding easy employment, and who can easily exploit any ability he has to succeed in life and earn money)
- 2
femininemasculineone who is excessively curious or impertinent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona demasiado curiosa en averiguar vidas ajenas. 2. Variante de buscavida.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce buscavidas?
- /buskaˈbidas/
- [bus.kaˈβ̞i.ð̞as]
- [buskaˈβ̞ið̞as]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buscavidas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buscavidas in Spanish?
buscavidas appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).