vivir por encima de sus posibilidades: meaning & examples

Meanings:

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  • To maintain an unsustainable lifestyle that depends on credit or external support rather than available income.

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  • Vivir por encima de sus posibilidades es insostenible si solo dependes del crédito para pagar tus gastos.

    Living beyond your means is unsustainable if you depend only on credit to pay your expenses.

  • La familia vivía por encima de sus posibilidades, acumulando deudas que no pudieron pagar después.

    The family lived beyond their means, accumulating debts they couldn't pay later.

  • Muchos jóvenes caen en la trampa de vivir por encima de sus posibilidades porque quieren aparentar más de lo que tienen.

    Many young people fall into the trap of living beyond their means because they want to appear richer than they are.

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  • To spend more money than one can afford; to live beyond one's financial means.

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  • María siempre ha vivido por encima de sus posibilidades, comprando cosas que no puede pagar.

    María has always lived beyond her means, buying things she can't afford.

  • Si seguimos viviendo por encima de nuestras posibilidades, pronto tendremos problemas financieros graves.

    If we keep living beyond our means, soon we will have serious financial problems.

  • Él admitió que vivió por encima de sus posibilidades durante años, pero ahora busca cambiar su estilo de vida.

    He admitted that he lived beyond his means for years, but now he seeks to change his lifestyle.