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desenrascar
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “desenrascar” mean?
to get by, to work it out somehow
Example
“Sem dinheiro, temos de desenrascar.”
Without money, we've got to make do.
Good to know
Portugal says it too.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: resolver
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