valérselas: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Figurative: to manage on one’s own; to fend for oneself or make do without outside help.
Examples
BetaDespués de que sus padres se mudaron, Juan tuvo que valérselas solo en la ciudad.
After his parents moved away, Juan had to fend for himself alone in the city.
No siempre puedes contar con ayuda externa; a veces debes valértelas por tu cuenta.
You can't always count on outside help; sometimes you have to manage on your own.
María se valió de sus propios recursos para sacar adelante el negocio familiar.
María managed with her own resources to get the family business moving forward.
Examples:
- ES: Solo tienen tres semanas de vida, pero en solo dos más tendrán que estar listos para valérselas por sí mismas.EN: They're only three weeks old and in just another two weeks they'll have to be ready to fend for themselves.
- ES: Chao Ya tuvo que valérselas por sí sola.EN: She could only battle by herself.
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Source: Wiktionary