enriquecerse

enriquecerse

► verbo pronominal

1 to become rich, get rich

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verb

to get rich

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VPR to get rich; (=prosperar) to prosper

enriquecerse a costa ajena — to do well at other people's expense

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(v.) = fatten + Posesivo + pockets, line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)

Ex. All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

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(v.) = fatten + Posesivo + pockets, line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)

Ex: All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

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■enriquecerse verbo reflexivo
1 to get o become rich
2 (espiritualmente, culturalmente) to be enriched
'enriquecerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
forrarse
- enriquecer
English:
get-rich-quick
- pocket

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vpr

[persona, pueblo, región] to get rich;

la región se ha enriquecido con el turismo tourism has made the region rich, the region has prospered through tourism

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enriquecerse

v/r get rich; fig

be enriched

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vr

: to get rich

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enriquecerse vb to get rich